Department of Defence
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Fears for drill hall future
Fear is mounting in the Kyneton community that the historic Mont St Quentin Barracks is being left to rot. The drill hall has been home to the 430 Squadron Air Cadets for more than 40 years but the squadron was forced to move out in 2020 when the hall was found to be in disrepair.…
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High hopes for drill hall
Angela CrawfordKyneton Airforce Cadets have found themselves homeless after their long-standing home at Mont Saint Quentin Barracks Drill Hall in Market Street fell into disrepair. Parents of current cadets of 430 Squadron said the group now had no permanent home in which to run its weekly parade nights and the future of a historic Kyneton…
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Testing world-leading technology
Angela Crawford Kyneton Aero Club is flight testing world-leading Australian-made surveillance technology out of Kyneton Airfield. Pilot Warren Canning has been conducting development trials of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment for Ascent Vision Technologies Australia. “The CM234 ISR gimbal (a pivoted support that allows rotation of an object) is the smallest, lightest, four-axis stabilised…