Tag: Cyclone Maritime Helicopters

Australia Tracking Category 5 Storm as It Prepares to Make Landfall Over Coastal Towns

Australia is tracking its highest category storm in years after tropical Cyclone Ilsa developed into a highest-severity category five system and is expected to cross Western Australia’s coast with winds up to 285 kilometres ( around 177 miles) per hour. Initially expected to make landfall as a category four system, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast…


Australia Tracks Powerful Category 5 Cyclone Approaching West Coast

Australia is currently monitoring its most severe storm in years as Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has intensified into a Category 5 system, the highest level on the scale measuring cyclone strength. Ilsa is projected to make cross the coast in Western Australia (WA) as one of the most powerful cyclones to make landfall in the…


Military Repairing Cracks in the Tails of Some CH 148 Cyclone Maritime Helicopters

HALIFAX—The Canadian military’s fleet of maritime helicopters is undergoing inspections and repairs after cracks were recently found in the tails of four CH-148 Cyclones. The Royal Canadian Air Force confirmed today in a statement that the Sikorsky-made aircraft have not been grounded or placed on an operational pause. The Air Force says cracks were first…