Newsletters

The monthly newsletters below are the cover page to Richard’s updates to his World Military and Civil Aircraft Briefing and include some of Richard’s then-current thoughts on the industry.

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  • Dear Fellow Forlorn New Jetliner Lovers, “Let’s just say you’re at the market buying potatoes. […]

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  • Dear Fellow Industry Interpreters, There’s a lot of concern over Boeing’s future. On Wednesday (of […]

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  • Dear Fellow Idea Consolidators, As they say, if you think you’re the smartest person in […]

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  • Dear Fellow Industry Strategerists, A handy phrase to understand companies: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. […]

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  • Dear Fellow Franco-/Aero-philes, In June, Le Bourget returned after a four-year absence, and I didn’t […]

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  • Dear Fellow Traveling Aerophiles, A chance encounter with an old acquaintance in the rain. Is […]

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  • Dear Fellow Semi-Willing IFE Viewers, Per last month’s letter, the world has changed greatly over […]

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  • Dear Fellow Time Passage Bystanders, My 35-year career has paralleled a three-decade macro trend: towards […]

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  • Dear Fellow Memory Excavators, The month is almost over, and, rudely, I haven’t taken the […]

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  • Dear Fellow Colleague Thought Leveragers, Okay, THAT was an interesting year. Summarizing it in one […]

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  • Dear Fellow Late Night Doomscrollers, Good news seldom arrives at 11 PM. But last night […]

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  • Dear Fellow Retired China Travelers, The saddest nostalgia is for futures that didn’t happen. For […]

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