Much sooner than I had thought.

Am I just imagining things or is the A380 due to fly at the Paris Air Show this year?

I have read that the A380 is scheduled to make its first public appearance in Paris. I wish I could be there to see this behemoth in person but I am not scheduled to be in Europe until December. For those who will be attending the Paris airshow this year, have fun!

Some time ago Abramovich declared in an interview that since he’s making so much for the russian economy he would expect the president Puting to give him a MiG 29 as present.. and I think he wasn’t joking..
Anyway, was Vladimir Putin a former military pilot or not?

Cheers

Alex

I believe Vladimir Putin started his government career with the KGB’s first directorate, an office in charge of foreign and political information gathering. He later became the agency’s director before finally moving into the upper echelon’s of the USSR’s ruling government. He was one of Boris Yeltsin’s protege before he gained access to his current post in 2000.

Very well done indeed!

I would pick the Saab Gripen. Its a highly capable aircraft with decent performances but mainly, its cheap to operate!

For the American media to release such a story is complete and utter outrage as once again, they may have put the safety of American servicemen at risk for the simple desire to dominate the ratings. This is typical of CNN and other American networks. “Let’s run the story and deal with the consequenses later.” I am hoping that there are no American troops in Iran as a manhunt is more than likely to be organized if the Iranian government even for one moment believed this would be the case. the last thing the Bush administration needs is a video of dead US SpecFor troops being paraded in the streets of Teheran. It is bad enough that US Marines and soldiers are killed on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If George Bush wants to win this conflict against terror, he’s going to have to allow his field commanders run the campaign without interference from the people who advise him on a daily basis. This is what these generals are paid for, to win battles and to eventually win the war.

I would like the Rafale to win this contract. Unfortunately, I am sure politics will dictate which aircraft will soon wear Singapore’s colours!

OUt od curiosity, don’t these pilots fly with night vision goggles?

Would any of you say that the deal for those 125 Mirage 2000-5 is pretty much a done deal or are negotiations still ongoing?