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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN
If I'm not mistaken, Cyclone refers to the Helicopter chosen to replace the Sea King. The Cyclone is the — orphan from Sikorsky (now Lockheed Martin) that doesn't work well and is not supported by the parent company. We got into this mess because Jean Chretien deemed the original SK replacement as a "Cadillac" and that a "Chevrolet" would do. In the end we got an "Edsel" for the price of a "Bugatti"
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It’s a civilian aircraft with military variants mostly used for things like VIP transport. Only Canada thought it was a good idea to use them as a naval helicopter with combat roles. They were ordered under Martin and delivered under Trudeau, so Chrétien appears to be the scapegoat here.
I am not sure it is the right analogy, it is a passenger train company making passenger trains. Perhaps the better analogy is the Kingston ferry or Ottawa LRT where nobody bothered to check if the vehicles were fit for purpose, although the Stadler vehicles Ottawa uses on Line 2 seem to have had fewer problems.
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