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.

2007


  • Dear Fellow Carbon Footprinters, As an aircraft forecaster, I like things simple. Expensive fuel = high ticket […]

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  • Dear Fellow Inter-Site Factory Travelers, There are many great forums to debate globalization. Davos, Switzerland. […]

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  • Dear Fellow Aircraft Mourners, I get sad when planes start to die. I fear that’s […]

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  • Dear Fellow Aviation Folly Watchers, Remember Indonesia’s IPTN? It was a repulsive cash-devouring horror, stupidly wrapped in […]

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  • Dear Fellow Aircraft Anthropologists, Best part of any vacation: local aviation content (and an indulgent wife). Most […]

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  • Dear Fellow Ethnic Food Fans, Which is a more widespread idea, fear of foreigners, or […]

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  • Dear Fellow Air Show Wanderers, Just back from the best Le Bourget ever. The industry has never […]

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  • Dear Fellow Old School Travelers, Planning a flight? If you aren’t corporate top brass, very rich, […]

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  • Dear Fellow Bubble Watchers, What’s the strangest thing in your house? For me it’s an easy answer—a Steinway […]

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  • Dear Fellow Irony Miners, What is Irony? A movie character played by Winona Ryder said she couldn’t […]

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  • Dear Fellow Traffickers, Smuggling is one of the great pleasures in life. Transporting contraband across borders […]

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  • Estimado Compañero en la Lucha por la Aviación, “Super Mystères! Look honey, Super Mystères!” I yelped […]

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