Newsletters Indexed by Date

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.

2015

  • December 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Year-End Industry Reckoners, In my last year-end letter I compiled a list of […]

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  • November 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow World Airport Wanderers, My profession has an easy sanity check. If a forecaster frequently uses […]

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  • October 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Canadian Election Watchers, In the words of noted American philosopher Mike Tyson, “Everyone has […]

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  • September 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Foreign Dignitary Visit Enthusiasts, In honor of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s recent visit […]

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  • August 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow New Aircraft Program Enthusiasts, Time to talk LRS-B. The USAF will decide next month if […]

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  • July 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Reconciliation Fans, Sometimes, old adversaries can sit down and find common ground. It’s funny to […]

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  • June 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Le Bourget GroundPounders, About 25 years ago, the great political commentator James Fallows […]

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  • May 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Flatlanders, Larry David popularized the term Curb Your Enthusiasm as a self-deprecating comment on his […]

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  • April 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Foreign Film Festival Attendees, Bollywood romantic comedies often feature a goofy fat guy with lots of […]

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  • March 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow New Technology Obsessives, Greil Marcus, a music critic, wrote a great Village Voice essay, “Rock […]

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  • February 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Cromnibus Scrutinizers, Teal Group’s aircraft reports cover about 135 planes. Having written or […]

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  • January 2015 Letter

    Dear Fellow Paused Program Mourners, Forecasting an aircraft death is sad work. Each zeroed production line […]

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