CH-47D operating in Canada

[N1]

Great to see someone has finally figured out how to get the CH-47D into Canada to operate. Now, let's get those Blackhawks in!

[212wrench]

Worked alongside the Columbia ones in the States on fires.  They always showed up in pairs.  They have to, one is always u/s.

[LABO441]

Who has chinooks?

[simpleton]

This won't go over well.

[nwbc]

Billings is working in Northern BC.

[Diaper_Pin]

I'll take a wild guess. It's operating under NAFTA with Canadian crews. Though I'm not sure how they get around operating a restricted category ship in Canada?

[robottxt]

2 hours ago, Diaper_Pin said:

I'll take a wild guess. It's operating under NAFTA with Canadian crews. Though I'm not sure how they get around operating a restricted category ship in Canada?

Easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission. 

[simpleton]

2 hours ago, Diaper_Pin said:

Though I'm not sure how they get around operating a restricted category ship in Canada?

Exemptions to the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) (canada.ca)

See PNR-003-2022

[Diaper_Pin]

2 hours ago, simpleton said:

Exemptions to the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) (canada.ca)

See PNR-003-2022

Well there it is, Pandora's box has been opened. All it takes is money... THE GOC is a joke.

[Heliduck]

I hope this doesn’t expand into general ex mil aircraft use for utility work. Australia has a UH1/Garlick fly to bits nearly every year, Canada has about 4 x the mediums as Australia so that would extrapolate to a significant increase in events. Operators with commercial variants would also struggle to compete against a cheaper ex mil machine when pax weren’t required. Significant industry disruptor if that was allowed. I hope it doesn’t happen, but if it does there’s a few cheap blackhawks on the market down south!