The more things change the more they stay the same…..memories of Eastern ordering A300’s and then failing and then PanAm ordering A310’s 10-15 years later and then failing. One can trace the failed U.S. carriers by their big Airbus orders. In fact, can anyone name a large U.S. carrier that has ever ordered/operated large numbers of Airbus widebodies and not gone out of business?

No doubt AI gave them a great deal up front, and then will really twist the knife when it comes to parts and support. But in the meantime everyone puts on a happy face, the employees at AI have work, and the USAirways people get new airplanes. Most of them probably don’t have any idea about the history and what it portends.

There has been some monumentally stupid and shortsighted things spoken by Boeing fan-boys regarding Airbus aircraft on this – and other – forum, but this is just about the biggest pile of horse sh!t i’ve had the misfortune to read yet……:rolleyes:

-Dazza

PS: I wonder if the Tinkers will retalliate???

Count on it!

-Dazza;)

Not sure about the deployment dates but they’ll be present in the static line-up at the airshow. http://www.waddingtonairshow.co.uk/

-Dazza

Thanks for the update Scotty, should be a good day, apart from the weather!

-Dazza:)

Thanks for that Jamie, current plan is to visit PIK, GLA and EDI, although no particular order has been agreed yet!:)

-Dazza

Do you have the hex code of the 763 that operated the flight?

-Dazza

The German air force is retireing them in 2010.

As far as I know the planned OSD for GAF F-4s is currently 2012.

-Dazza

…It will of course result in less lift which could be recoved with more power.

Which in turn will increase fuel burn…….

-Dazza