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Aind SIO whUst 'lhankrnrQ Rod enc 'lis band o'f many mien we 100.: forward to Sou~hl rn Expo 1[g'90 wrl'i~ch w'ill be' held [at the samevenue DinSat rdaya d S ndav 21'··2·5 M[arch and the' f arns wnl ba the B.ATTlE OF BA.ITAINI~ S,99 ynu thera,
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The ,Avro Shackl'eton celebrated its 40th blrthdavcn 9 1March 1"98'9,

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at Brltis h Ae rasp ace 's Wo odfo rd factory c:rf f' ~ve of the RA FIs ,S iix re m"aiJn ing 2' AIE'W '!'~_s. Ile.dl L-,- W'·Ing . C' u"l '... _ ,,-om-'
t:h'8 mander D',ave Henehan, ths five
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arrival

th e F n,Ieo n '9' (JiO s ar 9' ex ps clad '10 havs a , ,5-s ,eat V,II Pi cent ig u rat ion, Th e pres 9 nt ilie'et 0 f th r',ee My'ste' rs ,2~O a nd twa BAC 1.. s
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r~fi~~~r7S~i~h;1El9n~O~fll~i
'1'1is wil~ b!9 tradee iln as part 101 the deal 8asQ'd all RAAF F'a.1rbaJrn9 'Canberra" 34 Seq u ad ron provides 'h,a.nsort Io rth s Goverr1I'O G 19 n er at II~ t he ,Pri m e IMli n ists r, 1Mn ~ r.. i s..
Sta'~le 'and other 'VI,Ps.

~'I 34. Sq uadh ron in Oetebs r wrt h two rnors seh edlu~'ed to
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No a Squadron Shaekletons arriived in splendid 'fashion w:ith at sJn gll,e' a irc raft lie d'cj 'j '1'1,£1 a be x of tou r'" II'twas a.n emctlcn al me men! .

ters ~ Opposlt lon Le'ad,~rS'~1vis i-~:ngl Hea ds i

01:

Ior the former ,Shackl:eton builder.rs~1P1'Io·~·s and '9 rou .,d cn:~wgath .. ersd a'I' Wtoodfcud Icr the, 9V'e.ni
W - en th e

volved .~:'~ne .SL75~6L WLZ;S7, -dWRn!::"~ __ "U'I','_ 0- • _'1 WL7'9i""'l W'R9'~3'" ,B,n -" ' : ~IDJ,. Th' B sixt ailfClFaft 'WL74,'1ci was at ,8 Squadron's l.ossiernouth bass u nch9lrgol ng majo r overhaul. No 18

head,

The five Shackletons

f'h~'laa ~ ran rioa red f'JV e!r~· rc

tn-

T,AIW,AINI R:OLILS OUT NEW FIGIHTER Th e ,lins t prot atypia of ,Aan, lin d U'S!lfY 0 aVls,l .. lopm ent 'Cen rs's (AI'D'C) C:hlng -suo In ,~. dig 9!nou S Oe'l:ence Figihte,r wa s r,oll:ed out
a:l.Talchunq, Taiwan, an 10 D'8c9mb9r" Based OIr1 the F·" a rncdiiied to 'I,win-en-, ,gl ~In, co nJig U Ira)" io n , th e alircraft, n am:ed e
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Shacks in the, ,AIEW role until 3,0 JU'na 1 9:91 and w:i,111 rs,hlrm tha next day at IRAF Wadd~ngt.on with the fiirst of: sever, IBoedng E~,3D
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w~11 contln uo

operatlnq

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.t;tns'r th~ last p,resi:dent O'f 'Talw'(tn has besln devG'~oped by A,IIDC with technical

Sentwy AEW'.'1 s, The Shackleton

in the :RAF.

has earned the distinction of bBing lhe lonQ'Bsl g!8rv~ngaircraft

1he Gener.~1 EJectric A,NAP(;·~'167 fV) 'f~re

cent roll radar known

g~i~~g~~n~I~~,:~ ~J:~:~~~ ~1~:~~~'O~~

lcca II~l s a

asslstance from Gen!era~ IDyn,a,mics". Power plant is the Garrett TFE1 042 Iurbot an ~ M est of 'I he e'qJ u ipm Ie nil: fit is of US,

See elso sp,ecia!

Ieeture.

p. t 70.,
gQ'~B.h81~dto 'I:he R AAF' 'to u pd,8:tB its 22
Glel'u:l~al Dynalmic~
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US,A ,AGA:INS,T' SU,Pplll V 0 F FENCE,R,S T'O ~SY,R~I,A A,n a'gte:9!ment betw9'en 'the UIS,SR. and

not, been imp lern ented beCHUS!13 D' Syri,a~s diffiicul~ti'9s in Imleetirlg 'I:he' proposed payme,nts. lin ,ac'harlge of armis

S Y'Ir'ja, fOI r th e s 'LJ IP'ply Qlf Fen oe rs to th Ie. Syr:ian Air Force s,i'g,n,ed at the end of

19.187'~ h as

ex port pol ilcy th Ie ISo'V,ie'~: lJl nlo n is now prepared to sell advanced weaponlry on p .,fely commercial terms to whOBVe,.F is
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instead of; analogu e 8'V ton los S.ySt)9 mIS,. The Australien die:fencle minister has confirmed 'that requests, fer lenders naV'le, bee n issu ed to 'f ~n a prim'B contractor, In d k eepllng . I· .. I'i: 'WI·t'l.'.. A ustraua !. ~ pO_llCY 011' SJ61111111- "" , S ii'.i""/I·I~I""I,fi1!io,A malor '! work p·'~lcJ""~n ·rlll"li.ll~+'~"d--1 ,_,~ !;!!i;;:: ,o.,! '! t...o~, _ ~ l,g.JIV '~'_V!,!i'\ . ~, r\,~ 9'Y!' ,.~ h;;H..:;! , . dJ the ds;v1elop,mGl,nt and in~~gratio,n the of new avlonl es a ria ax p eat ad to b e IP~a,eed

F..11.1 Cs with Idi'lgj.ta~ ,

~~ru~~:JSk~d ~~~~5i~~_:g~a~U~li~~~~~ ¥~ ~~dpe:@!~~f~h~~: 250 ~i~~~r~~~~U~J p.cd:8d for upto

fd 'I h8 type ,.
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'1:0 ~aV'IB ,8 fSquiilremar1'I:

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'TURIBO 'T:RAC:KE,RS FOR IB'R,AZIL The, Brszilian Air Fore &' has awarded
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Scotia, 1,0 re- engi rille 1 ,2, G irU m m an S'~2,A and S~2E ,A,S,'W ai'rclra'fti w~t~ p'ratt and Whii.tney Ca.nada IP'TI6A,=,67A turboprops
ddv~ngl sb:... bladed
'G"IIAII'i' ,;;,tHI",.;IIII;

contract to 1h@ 11MP G ~'OUpol' Hal if;an< NOYB

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ab~~,to pay", The :~s.raell~Ch~e,fof Ganeral

'the 'U.S.A, in Feb"nJ,ary~. ex~pre:ssed hi:s COlllWltry"'S, CQnClenl o·ver the S,yrian E!lff,aus, ttl acquirlQ 'th19 Su-'.2~4 F,enceri a deep

Staff Lt

Gen

Dan Shomro -~'Whiil19 V,is'iting

wrnth Aus~,ra~ijan indU1s1ry. This, will aISH~) aJ~owII ngl-tie rm local support of '~:healro cr'an and systems.. ~
MORE, VIC~'1a T'ANKERS FORTHE R:,AF ThH RAF has iSSU8d ,Rlsqtmas.' for Tenders und,sr ,two separa .. eontracl.s for th,e t~J

p e n~~,rat k, fl_ ~ I r ike! ~ [r'6'f,aft C;:O m p,81ra~ 19: ~o 1,hs,Glsn'9ral DynalmlcsF ..' 11. The,US,AI15 tryi 91 to pe.r.su 3d' 9 the Sov~et Unlion not ,10 p,roC8'ed 'wi~: th 9' de·a, I. hi
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1l~H3pro'gra,mmsi u pg radii n 9 of tlh 19

s u--p-nlv - ..... l' Ikit's lo,r the other 1 1 ,aircran to be! COriVIS rh3Jd in B raz, ill by Ai r F Q 'F'ce pe r so ri. n~' L
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Hartzell prcpsllsrs. 'IM iP are to ca rry 0 LJ t 0'," pretotyp 0! eo n\N~: e r-

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COIi!1vers io liil of' V'C-1 n',s to 1he 1a,f'i'ker r'ols. The f'irs,tcontr~c!t~ under ,ASR41,5, lS for the c.olnvers~on af the '~'ilve ex-,B,rni9h Air-Vi,ClYS, Super VC ... Os bought eiight years, i
a~l'0 a.nd

w,eJa"pon,t$ Icap,abU ,itie ~s..

a ~i afl: ':8 e 1'9 ot 11"0 les and rCir n

is 1thougiht to iindlude the:

The aClci'd Isn't in'll9'SUg a.Uon oom m;i U 19Q'h,a:s

,S·aab:s fllln~t p n}'to'typa JA,S3Q (; npS'1r1 f'[g hter was caused by. a. fl'i'ght-contn'l g'oftw',en;) 'fault. .1he ,ooc:lds'lnt occured as, 'Ihe Gripe- Yil'as,landing a 'ter ~ts·$,ix,th Iliig ht ~f'i(H the' Hrst tim,e' at the hands e,f' Saab pi'I:,ot L.ars, IAadestro'm. On 'fi~na!sl the ,aircraft dis.IPl'ay,ed tack Q;r stabil'litY':i pitching fijrsJ down ,and then up' Ima:rk,e{tIVI 'f .en p'i~ching, hi~ the runwa.y,. On the, 'firsl: f~V9 nights prob~e,ms wi:th late'ral o5ciUa't~ons had

~\9'~,hcft ..'~he _I a n.d' r ~g~~cc'id81~t of

These aJ'9 to' be IcOnV'Il911ed 1'0 VC, ..110 K:.4 staWldard, W'iith one, centn:!,~in,e
Ab'ingdoln.
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Mlk17,B, hos,e ..drum uniit ,and apa:ir ofMk,32 ,

dowrri again not pt)ssible;

'0 at1 angil19 'frlom whidh U:w,as tO, reOO'Ve'F be~'on~~1 th~ a.'ircn;).ft

c ~ iit T\t to m 0 n [ftor rec I!?WV9'lr a ire r.aJ1,. 'T he ~cu VC,-1' Os will els,o be ,e')d,:enS~Vlel'y reflurb:is:flled and fitbad with an ,APIU ,C],nd .lmi:lli'la,ry avi,o'ni'cs, iiWlciiudi,ng a~r~ta-air lACAN,. 'Th ,e ,s,aca n d ,eo n t r,!!ct. u nd e r ASR41 ~),,~ esJls for 1he con ves-i-o n of eiig hi_: of 't,h e 1':3 'V c=' 1 [I C,., 1 :$ CU He nt Iy 0 pie rat e d 'Vo,;m be conV'e., :e,d to two"'po-int tan'kelrs YJri~tih 'W ing -lmlOU fil t 9 d ~1K, ,;3 2 po d ~Sl a TV
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venll rail clio 8,ed-

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by A ,Squadron~ 5th A;viat:ion IRegIme;nt ,at: Tcrwn,sv~II'et No rt uIEu;~nslarid.

Thle B,:I,adkha"w-~'ks, now c'pe'ratted are

.tH~t.ngl~ V'IP'-ca.sQvac r-

by '10 S q u,a,d In~) a:tt B.riz:e N:o r~o n iFi th e p 8.S'= n

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M~IR,A(lE SIIGNIS OUT

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been lexprerj,lenced~ 'T -e 'Glripen firs'! new Ion 9 Dece'n']ber- 1 9,8,8, som,e ~8 nlonths b~hind schedule. Thsi Idsl,ay 'W,8.S aJtrib",
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tains ,e,n optian ~a conv9,rt th8 olher fiiva 'V,C,...1 Os li:] C. l' (K) e-onfig,u,aHoli1l 8': a latelr

mOin i;ttor ,and TACA,N. Th,e ,conltrac~ oon=

The' ~ast Minage ,1111 s9f'vk;e 'wah 'Ihe in 'R'AA' F- a ,I,., .. ~sea.t uII D'. ''-,' '1- 'f (' ",' ~IA3":','_, ", li,WO II1I vanan~5e.nay ,',. '10 1 ~ ,at t laC h Ied tlo th 19 A~'rc:raft R resle arch ~nd Devedo,;pmentt Unit (ARDU)I a.t Edi:n .. btJrgh near A,delaide'" mad~1 its ~ast 'f~i,gh,tt on 8 February Wf19'r1 ~tjOiiriled 47 others, in
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fUS,9,I,ag e serials. 4 ,4& Iusalaqs rescue markin9 s'; ,4, b no se 00 dIG'S: 4c re Sir
fuselage :se'r[i:~ds:; 4d port fin badge; 4lestarboard fin badge. Sa starboard fi ri st. ri~,e'~ 5b p. art ;

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