Australian Army Seeking A Modern Reconnaissance Helicopter The Australian Army is in the process of seeking a new reconnaissance helicopter to support the Australian Defence Force’s Land Force in northern Australia. The helicopter order, for a machine likely to be in the 3.5 to 5 tonne class, could number between a minimum of 24 to

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Ts-11 Iskra Flies Gordon Glynn’s TS-11 Iskra (Spark), VH-ADG (1H0816) made its first flight following overhaul on Saturday June 4 at Bankstown, NSW. The flight was piloted by John Hamilton. John, who flies for Qantas, is an ex-RAN pilot and has A-4 Skyhawk and A-7 Corsair flight time logged away. Gordon obtained two Iskras from

Fighter Upgrades Part 2 The decline in defence budgets which has occurred since the collapse of the USSR, as well as the saturation of the fighter marketplace with second hand aircraft, have created a boom in the fighter upgrade business. Systems integrators worldwide have taken advantage of the shift in the marketplace, and virtually no