Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 6, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba I u Winnipeg free april 1988 13 lenses Canad air on third through first overhaul of fighter Fleet Montreal up Canad air is about on third through the first overhaul of the cf18 fighter part of the controversial maintenance contract it won in a contest with Bristol aerospace of Winnipeg two years the overhaul is called an aircraft sampling in which 10 of the Mcdonnell Douglas planes go through a Complete by the time the team finishes the Sample overhaul they will have spent the equivalent of Man hours checking everything from the 31 inboard computers to potential cracks in the fan were talking about an 80day which we expect to re Duce As we get to know the aircraft explained Peter program manager at a subsidiary of Bombardier the initial fou year contract is Worth million but it has a Poten tial value of including Over the projected 20year lifetime of the regular maintenance on the cf18 is done by the Canadian forces at bases in cold and West but anything that cant be handled on the spot is done at Cana Dairs Plant in suburban because of the time har Grove said Only 10 of fighter planes will undergo the aircraft sampling inspection at Canad air after to hours of flying its not practical to Check All the so we assume that any problems we detect in the sampling inspection will apply to the rest of nation the so we Haven had any the Canadian government has received All but 38 of the 138 fighters with the remainder due by the end of the six of the which Cost million have been lost in Canad air remains sensitive to the furore that arose when it beat out Bristol Manitoba Premier Howard Paw Ley and other Noliti cans charged the Federal government could have saved million Over a 20year period by giving the work to byte the contract could have gone either but wac could exploit it better by using the Transfer of Teck a blog for future production of air said Walter Canad air Vic president and general manager of military products Niemy also argued that had Bris Tol won the the bulk of the work would have been done by Bris Tols bidding Litton tries of cf18 goes missing in Hunt for fish boat off West coast up a cf18 Hornet fighter Pilot searching for a fish boat battling heavy seas off the rugged West coast of Vancouver is land also became the object of an intense air search while the fish boat was eventually taken in Tow by a fisheries depart ment searchers fought slash ing five metre seas and poor visibility in their Hunt for Michael of the Vancou ver suburb of North the search was centred on the Brooks Peninsula 340 Kilometres Northwest of the North Ern Vancouver Island Peninsula Juls out from a fjord like coastline that is exposed to North Pacific gales swooping Down from winds in the area were More than 60 Erickson took off from this Van Couver Island Canadian forces base some be App Consumers optical Why pay your optical store at 308 863 419 286 courts of Tuxedo pahk Portage Edmonton 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had been at cold Lake since the begin Ning of at first six months training on the cf18 since taking routine turns at said a subdued who knows Erickson per Robin Alford of the Rescue coordination Centre in Victoria said the two fighters were flying a search Grid Over the Brooks Peninsula in an attempt to track the fish boat when Erickson missed a communications Check at about 3 he was declared missing about half an hour Alford said there was no communication from the missing Pilot to either the Comox base or the Pilot he was flying it was also not known whether the Jet was missing Over land or Motorola in touch personal paging services tone and o95 Volog in cmdr monnil1 pagers Untal Call us save up to 50 National sound 355 Sherbrook 7866611 Model rk9350 10 Power Luv tils romper a Tun Probo Auto Cook Price clearance Price digital display Auto 1 4 cd n dual wave microwave oven Model rk9085 10 Power left lib cooking digital display i 4 Auto Start up to 12 hours Price clearance Price soco95 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