Well I'm certainly not up on the military end of aviation by any
stretch of the imagination but I did happen to catch a one hour
documentary on the Cormorant and I have to say that with that third
engine as back up, and extra power it sure seems like a sweet machine.

The fact that our government has called it a cadillac seems a little
uncharitable in my humble opinion.

One interesting comment that came up after the government signed the
contract with Sikorsky was whether the helicopters were needed at all.

Seems like a strange comment, but the logic was that initially the Sea
Kings were put on the ships as sub hunters and now with the cold war
long gone that maybe a machine like the Sea King was no longer
necessary.

I suppose there is some logic when you look at it from that perspective.

When they had all the problems with ships going to sea without a Sea
King I could never understand why they didn't put something on board
like a bell 206 just to give the ship the ability to quickly go
upstairs and have a peek at something or transfer something ship to
ship or ship to shore.

But what do I know.