"So it seems disingenuous to the say they chose 109's because Oz did?"
Youre right theres absolutely no connection...
Australia Seasprite, NH-90, A109
NZ Seasprite, NH-90, A109
Total coincidence!
Name one other country that bought these 3 types recently...anyone?
Wait for the NH-90 job to go over budget, ask anyone who operates european helicopters, the deal was $780 million and theres only 8 of them and then they had to get 5 A109s to train on as well as a flight simulator for , just for the A109!!
Who trains ab-initio helicopter pilots in a A109? You think thats going to be cheap??
Should have bought Blackhawks.
And thats from a tax payer