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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.| May 10, 2008 :: | April 2008 Letter - Dear Fellow Problem Avoiders, A time machine. A perpetual motion device. A talking camel. Despite the best efforts of brilliant inventors, many great concepts have eluded mankind’s grasp. But the most elusive of all is the Somebody Else’s Problem field. This... [More] | |
| April 7, 2008 :: | The US Tactical Aircraft Crisis - Aerospace America | |
| March 13, 2008 :: | March 2008 Letter - Dear Fellow Shock Victims, Political talk shows are a dismal form of entertainment. Self-aggrandizing pundits yammering on ("Giuliani is clearly the man to beat") are a terrible cure for a Sunday morning hangover. Yet consider this: a few weeks before EADS/Northrop's surp... [More] | |
| February 25, 2008 :: | February 2008 Letter - Dear Fellow Aircraft Safari Lovers, There is one true test for the aviation enthusiast: propensity to spend $13,000 on a flight in an English Electric Lightning. I have faced this test and have been found wanting. Even if I had the discretionary cash, my wife me... [More] | |
| February 13, 2008 :: | Aircraft Primes: Still An Elite Club - Aerospace America | |
| December 31, 2007 :: | January 2008 Letter - Dear Fellow Turbine Aficionados, As we enter the new year, let’s reflect on a supremely successful, world altering technology. It continues to transform aviation markets. Airlines love it for lowering their fuel bills. Private pilots love its value for money and handlin... [More] | |
| December 22, 2007 :: | My Gerson Lehrman Group home page - GLG provides expertise for financial services firms. | |
| December 6, 2007 :: | Dollargoating - Wall Street Journal op/ed - subscription required | |
| December 3, 2007 :: | December 2007 Letter - Dear Fellow Carbon Footprinters, As an aircraft forecaster, I like things simple. Expensive fuel = high ticket prices = fewer passengers. Airlines get squeezed between slack demand and higher fuel-related operating costs. Airlines buy fewer jets. Bad. All... [More] | |
| November 18, 2007 :: | Embraer Eyes Options For Growth - Aerospace America | |
| November 5, 2007 :: | November 2007 Letter - Dear Fellow Inter-Site Factory Travelers, There are many great forums to debate globalization. Davos, Switzerland. The United Nations. Snohomish County. That’s right. Snohomish. It’s near Canada. It’s also the home of Boeing’s widebody factories in Everet... [More] | |
| October 17, 2007 :: | October 2007 Letter - Dear Fellow Aircraft Mourners, I get sad when planes start to die. I fear that’s what’s happening to Sino-Swearingen’s SJ30. Just last year Teal’s Corporate Strategy Guy Phil Finnegan and I trundled out to Martinsburg, WV in Phil’s new car. The prospect of... [More] | |
| September 19, 2007 :: | September 2007 Letter - Dear Fellow Aviation Folly Watchers, Remember Indonesia’s IPTN? It was a repulsive cash-devouring horror, stupidly wrapped in a national flag. It represented a value-obliterating idea—creating indigenous aircraft as part of a nation’s development roadmap. Also,... [More] | |
| September 15, 2007 :: | Civil Helicopters Finally Take Off - Aerospace America | |
| August 20, 2007 :: | August 2007 Letter - Dear Fellow Aircraft Anthropologists, Best part of any vacation: local aviation content (and an indulgent wife). Most countries have some kind of aviation legacy, a story told through museums, monuments or planes. This summer I found myself in Istanbul for a week.... [More] | |
| July 31, 2007 :: | July 2007 Letter - Dear Fellow Ethnic Food Fans, Which is a more widespread idea, fear of foreigners, or love of foreigners? I did some scientific in-depth research that produced sad results. Google “xenophobia” and you get exactly 3.6 million hits; Google the less well known <... [More] | |
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