November 30th, 2004
MILAVIA MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

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INTRODUCTION
A bit late, actually on the last day of the month, but here is the November 2004 issue of the MILAVIA Newsletter. A big welcome to the new subscribers, I hope you like the newsletter. Feel free to send my any feedback. Now, let us see what happened in November:
WEBSITE UPDATES
Someone has been cheating with the website poll. On the main page there was a poll which enables you to vote for the aircraft which you like to see added. The Su-27 Flanker was clearly in first position until someone decided to vote 300 times for the A-7 Corsair II. Although I am currently focused on the Flanker Family, the A-7 and A-4 (second and third place) will be next. A new poll should be up and running once you have finished reading this newsletter. I will add it when I have finished this.

Then, there is the guestbook, which has fallen victim to 'guestbook spammers'. Certain people are abusing it to promote certain (unrelated!) websites. If I see any message like this, I will remove it as soon as possible. But since this was not enough, I also removed the homepage and URL functions from the form. However, it seems that these people add messages in another way, because they keep adding message with homepage links. So until I further resolve this issue, I recommend you not to click on the links in the guestbook as they may contain spyware, malware or other kinds of nasty content. If you already did, please check your system for viruses and run an anti-spyware tool, such as SpyBot Search & Destroy.

Like I said, I am still working on the Flanker sections. The work is about 60% complete and will be finished before Christmas. I promise you it will be worth waiting for. As soon as the Flanker section is up, I will also send the December Newsletter to notify you all.
Date Update Editor Link
22 November 2004 Added several links, check out the links page to see where. Niels
21 November 2004 Added updated info regarding the Su-25KM and ex-Iraqi Su-25 in Iran Niels
21 November 2004 Added updated info regarding the Su-24M2 upgrade and Iranian Su-24MK fleet Niels
19 November 2004 Added a report on the Brazilian Air Force by Leandro Maldonado Niels
19 November 2004 Updated Copyright & Disclaimer page Niels
18 November 2004 New links in several of the categories Niels
18 November 2004 Some updated/additional information for the F-4 Phantom II Niels
04 November 2004 New link in the Airforces & Squadrons category Niels
03 November 2004 New Portuguese F-16 pictures added. Niels
02 November 2004 New 1024*768 wallpaper added of Portuguese F-16 Niels
01 November 2004 Added quiz answer and results as well as the new quiz. Niels
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MILITARY AVIATION NEWS
MILAVIA Aviation News stories which have been published on the homepage in the past months, can be found in the News Archive. In this section you will find links provided by ALERT5.com to news articles by news agencies, magazines, ministries, companies and military services from all over the world. Please note that it may be possible that the authors of some of these articles are not aviation experts and may be ill-informed or biased.
30 Nov - Trials of anti-submarine version of ALH in progress
 Trials for the anti-submarine version of the Indian built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) are in progress here, Flag officer commanding-in-chief, Indian Southern Naval Command, Vice Admiral S C S Bangara, said.

30 Nov - British approval to bolster Eurofighter programme
 The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is expected to get a boost this week when the U.K. Treasury signs off on the British portion of the contract for the second batch of 236 combat jets.

29 Nov - Sukhoi handed over, takes off on first flight
 India's first home-made Su-30 MKI multirole fighter rolled out of the shop floors of HAL’s Nashik aircraft facility and had its inaugural flight Nov 28.

27 Nov - Army sells off jets to public
 Private buyers have snapped up 13 old Mirage supersonic military jets - minus their weapons or engines - which were auctioned off by the Swiss army for a total of 521,000 Swiss francs ($577,000).

27 Nov - New Army helicopters undergo testing
 Australia's new Tiger helicopters have begun flight testing in Brisbane. The first two Tiger helicopters will be delivered to Oakey Air Base in south-east Queensland next month.

25 Nov - Thailand in favour of Sweden's Gripen
 "It seems positive," said Swedish Defence Minister Leni Björklund following talks with Thai officers and political leaders over Thailand’s possible procurement of the Jas 39 Gripen fighter aircraft.

24 Nov - New IMAX film a first for the Air Force
 The IMAX film "Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" premiers Dec. 2 at the Smithsonian Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center. The movie is the first large format film to showcase the U.S. Air Force.

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QUIZ RESULTS OCTOBER 2004
Answer: Mikoyan-Gurevich/Elbit MiG-21 LanceR B (Romanian Air Force)
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Winners: Arda Mevlutoglu (Turkey)
Koen Leuvering (Netherlands)
Adi (Israel)
Jean Pierre Schell(France)
Vedran Marsanic (Croatia)
Anthony (Belgium)
Claudio Bastiani (Venezuela)
Levente Papp (Hungary)
Adam (USA)
Jeroen Wilting (Netherlands)
Perig (France)
Robert Arts (Netherlands)
Jim Kelly (USA)
Dries van den Elzen (Netherlands)
BeeJee (Netherlands)
Marco Boersma (Netherlands)
Bill Walker (Canada)
 David Marnin (Israel)
Iván Peña Nesbit (Venezuela)
Andrew Son (South Korea)
Prajwal (India)
Andres Berens (Estonia)
'name withheld' (Costa Rica)
Roberto Vallega (Italy)
Arthur Hubers (Netherlands)
Paul Ryan (United Kingdom)
Dazza (United Kingdom)
Rogier (Netherlands)
RecceJet (Australia)
Ron Smith (United Kingdom)
Michel Koster (Netherlands)
Rata (Spain)
Kaman (USA)
Jorge Manuel Antão Ruivo (Portugal)


Unfortunately there was no prize to win in the October 2004 quiz. However Caricature Aircraft Pictures will dispatch another prize to the lucky winner of the November 2004 quiz, which means you can win a caricature high quality print. There is one/two days left for the November quiz, so hurry if you have not yet submitted your answer. Of course in December, there will be a new quiz and new prize available.

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PICTURE OF THE MONTH
Photo Copyright Ramon van Opdorp

Picture courtesy of Ramon van Opdorp (Scorpion Aviation)
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