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Richard Aboulafia is Vice President, Analysis at Teal Group. He manages consulting projects for clients in the commercial and military aircraft field, and has advised numerous aerospace companies. He also writes and edits Teal's World Military and Civil Aircraft Briefing, a forecasting tool covering over 135 aircraft programs and markets. Richard also writes publicly about the aviation field, with numerous articles in Aviation Week, Aerospace America, and other publications. Frequently cited as an aviation industry authority by trade and news publications, he has appeared on numerous television news programs and has spoken at a wide variety of conferences.| December 27, 2011 :: | December 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Northern Border Watchers, There is no better holiday gift for a monthly columnist than the sudden arrival of a year-end theme. Sometimes, something happens in December that brilliantly frames the entire year and gives it a coherence that it ce... [More] | |
| December 2, 2011 :: | November 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Glass Half Full Types, That bratty kid from Catcher In The Rye was right. The world is filled with crummy jerks. But I’ve got great news. We’ve got a system set up to admirably deal with crummy jerks. This month saw two dire-soundin... [More] | |
| November 26, 2011 :: | Defense Cuts Set To Impact Aircraft - Aerospace America (page 14) | |
| October 27, 2011 :: | October 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Literary Pub Crawl Enthusiasts, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, told the story of a hedonistic man who led a decadent life with no visible ill effects. There was one catch – he had a portrait in the attic showing him aging... [More] | |
| September 30, 2011 :: | September 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Last Decade Survivors, What’s your 9/11 story? Turns out it wasn’t some cliché…most of us really do remember where we were that day ten years ago. My anecdote, thankfully, isn’t at all traumatic. I had lunch scheduled with a friend near the White Ho... [More] | |
| September 18, 2011 :: | Military rotorcraft: Strongest Aero Market - Aerospace America | |
| August 31, 2011 :: | Boeing Made The Right Call - Aviation Week & Space Technology editorial | |
| August 18, 2011 :: | August 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Frequent Air Vehicle Inhabitants, UAVs punch above their weight on the battlefield, but more so in public attention. The only aircraft stories in the daily paper A section, it seems, feature UAVs. Fighter sales, commercial jet orders, and even air strikes get... [More] | |
| August 17, 2011 :: | Overcapacity In Business Aircraft Production Forces OEM Changes - Pro Pilot Magazine | |
| August 2, 2011 :: | Single-aisle jets: The more things change… - Aerospace America (page 16) | |
| July 19, 2011 :: | July 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Gas Turbine Engine Enthusiasts, For great design, it’s tough to beat the Jaguar E-Type. Its beautiful (and suggestive) shape makes it one of the most-loved cars in history, with excellent performance to match. Yet there’s a disconnect between form and fu... [More] | |
| June 18, 2011 :: | June 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Aircraft Program Funeral Attendees, “Wake Up and Die Right.” This priceless advice was offered by a colleague in a recent forecasting session. It concerned an aircraft program that had died a while back, for good reasons, and was undergoing yet another ... [More] | |
| May 20, 2011 :: | A Bigger And Wider Jetliner Decade? - Aerospace America, page 11 | |
| May 10, 2011 :: | May 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Air Show Bystanders, Day Four, Le Bourget. Your 2:15 just cancelled on you, leaving a one hour hole in your schedule. After getting the bum’s rush from a French company chalet by a Carla Bruni-Sarkozy lookalike, you find yourself back dodging golf carts in the s... [More] | |
| May 1, 2011 :: | April 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Sino-Aero-Doubters, “Know why this place stinks? You’re a loser in your home town. Where do you go? Los Angeles.” Thus spoke my friend Richard, an incorrigibly cynical LA-based coffee dealer with uncharitable thoughts about his home city. I like ... [More] | |
| April 4, 2011 :: | March 2011 Letter - Dear Fellow Portu-philes, Many countries can be called aviation powers. Whether for cultural, historical, or economic reasons, aviation plays a prominent role in some societies, reflected in a rich heritage of designers, industries, and operators. Unfortunately, Po... [More] | |
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