"Determination is sometimes a partial compensation for stupidity - and this has been proved again with the Israeli F-35," wrote Arie Egozi on his blog Ariel View, as he explained how the quest to customise the nation's aircraft was complicated by failure to enlist as a full programme partner.
Image of the Day carried a UK Ministry of Defence shot of a Royal Air Force AgustaWestland Merlin on an exercise in Jordan (above).
On The DEW Line, Craig Hoyle noted "a new air show reality: large players like Airbus and Boeing will appear pretty much everywhere, and small firms will take booths at their main national showcase, but many other companies (like Grob with ILA, and Northrop Grumman, which chose not to exhibit at Farnborough 2012) are looking to save money and get closer to potential punters, rather than business people and enthusiasts."
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Image of the Day carried a UK Ministry of Defence shot of a Royal Air Force AgustaWestland Merlin on an exercise in Jordan (above).
On The DEW Line, Craig Hoyle noted "a new air show reality: large players like Airbus and Boeing will appear pretty much everywhere, and small firms will take booths at their main national showcase, but many other companies (like Grob with ILA, and Northrop Grumman, which chose not to exhibit at Farnborough 2012) are looking to save money and get closer to potential punters, rather than business people and enthusiasts."
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