There is much to be uncovered and talked about within the WTO on this IMO.
Being an old fashioned “unreconstructed socialist” I personally have no problem with the “subsidy” scenario so long as all sides are clean and open about it. With the amount of information that I have to hand on this, I hope that the EU stands its ground, however as things come to light over the coming weeks I may change my mind….This is obviously a very complex issue and will be fundemental as to where the future of commercial aircraft building goes from here.

Here goes…remember this list covers too many years to mention!

Bristol 170 Freighter Channel Air Bridge
Bristol 170 Freighter British United
Comet 4B BEA
HP Herald BAF
ATL Carvair BAF
HS Trident 1 and 3 BEA/BA
EMB110 Air Ecosse
Twin Otter Air Ecosse
Learjet Fairflight/Air Ecosse
TU134A Interflug/CSA/LOT/Balkan/Aeroflot/Malev
TU 154 LOT/CSA/Tarom/Aeroflot/Malev
IL18 Interflug/CSA/Tarom/Aeroflot
IL62M Interflug/Air Koryo/Tarom/Aeroflot
An24 LOT
BAC1-11 500 Dan Air/Tarom/British Caledonian
HS 748 Dan Air
DC9.30 Aviaco/JAT
B737-200 Air UK Leisure/Maersk
B737-300 JAT
B737-400 Virgin Express
B737-500? Aer Lingus
A321 Aer Lingus/Lufthansa
Bae 146 Aer Lingus
A300 600R Lufthansa
B747SP Syrian Arab
B707 BA
L10-11 BA
Caravelles Transeuropa/Sterling/Transwede
DC8-63 Scanair
MD80 Transwede
SD330/360 Air UK
F27 Air UK/Braathens SAFE
Viscount 800 Southern Air/BAF
DC3 Intra

A lot of the above were flown on during the course of my work except the really early types which I flew on in the good old days when parents funded your trips 🙂

But then when you read the other Observer article telling you that “Consultants” are creaming off 20bn from aid budgets it kinda makes this Airbus thing look small, don’t you think? At the end of the day this is nothing new. 🙁

Great pics, nice to see Caravelles anytime. 🙂

Absolutely stunning work….the first time I’ve ever seen internal lighting through a cabin window from outside in daylight! How close can u get..Great stuff. 😉

100% correct, 4 engines good. Without competition we would have stagnation – look at what happened to the airliner manufacturers in the Soviet Union for a perfect example of what you are saying.

Agree with first part of quote, but as the Soviet airliner industry existed purely to serve State decreed requirements, usually dictated by a current 5 year plan and not a commercial one, I’m not sure a direct comparison is accurate.

Great selection, especially the KL F70 🙂