Clark, Clinton, Edwards, Bush Jr (if you consider Texas part of the south, but not his father who is from elsewhere), carter, dole, are among some off the top of my head that are from the south.

Originally posted by skythe
I’ve got a question regarding the Falklands, maybe someone would be kind enough to enlighten me. When the Argentinians invaded the islands back in 1982, why did Britain have to go to war all by itself? Couldn’t it have invoked article whatever of the North Atlantic treaty, isn’t an attack on one member of NATO the same as the attack on all? Or are there exceptions which prevented Britain from getting aid from the other treaty members?

perhaps because Falklands is in the south atlantic?

if I remember correctly, both designs came out around the same time.. it’s probably more of a similar solution to similar needs.

for one thing, these trainers are not all directly comparable with each other… you got a straight wing trianer like the MiG-AT and a combat jet in the Golden Eagle..

but as to your question, you can eliminate the MAKO because chances of it being produced are very slim.

I think the Golden Eagle would make a good choice for those who need an advance trainer and a light supersonic fighter at the same time (particularly F-5 users).

the M-346 looks a bit more promising than the Yak-130D.. Aermacchi has really re-did the structure of the M-346..the two aircraft look very different now (and the pic you used is not the M-346), there’s a more recent one if you do a search here.

Originally posted by Sauron
Phase IV 1990- Sep 10/2001

Europe continues to gain economic strength, former communist dictatorships gradually transition to free and democratic societies and some begin to join NATO and the EU takes steps to welcome new members. *
Sauron

Hmm actually many of the former Communist states still have an authoritarian leader.. pretty much All of the ex Soviet Central Asian states and Belarus comes to mind.. Yugoslavia’s leader was also another one until NATO intervention.

Originally posted by YellowSun
Gorilla

You’re wrong, I’m afraid. It only appeared towards the end of the show and it was easy to miss, but LM displayed a very nice T-50 model in full UAE colours at the 2003 Dubai show. I was there every day and a pic is attached. Remember, I said model – it wasn’t a full size mock-up like the Hawk and it was a hasty addition to the LM line-up, but the fact that it was there at all was significant.

As for your other two quotes, they really just underline what I said earlier.

“A BAE official says the UAE is looking at more Hawk aircraft” – well of course he did, that’s his job. But he said LOOKING, not buying. I could give you a list of 12 countries that BAE sees as sales prospects for the Hawk, they are all looking too. The UAE is nowhere near the top of that list and is not seen as a significant short- or near-term prospective customer. And come on, The Gulf News?? Not renowned for its in-depth knowledge of the international aerospace scene. This was just a passing comment from a BAE guy at an air show who had a notebook pushed under his nose – and he gave the correct answer. There is no UAE Hawk order.

Even the GAMCO maintenance venture has not been agreed yet – “discussions at an advanced stage” means nothing. “Looking” at aircraft means, effectively, nothing. India looked at the Hawk for 20 years…in this business, until the jets are on the ramp you don’t have an order.

I’m not saying it won’t happen – but it ain’t happening yet.

That’s a great picture of the T-50 in desert colors, but it seems like every time they put up a mock up in such colors..the real thing ends up being painted in a low viz-grey anyways.. like the Block 60.

I’ve seen two variants of the Yak-43, the other one looked more stealthy.