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Which former colony has a bit of a chip on its shoulder?

This rather ungainly looking beast, the C-17, or the Globemaster to friends and family, is the pride and joy of our chums in Oz. In fact, to the extent that Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd reckons he has bragging rights: "We beat the Poms by some three months in bringing this aircraft into service".

Yes Geoff, we're absolutely choked, and the braying from your countrymen in Earls Court over this coup has been deafening...

Sticking with matters of aviation, what chance of the authorities telling the Saudis to shove it over their attempted Eurofighter blackmail?

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Anonymous Anonymous said... 10:38 am

bae shares went up 6% after the potential deal was confirmed last year.. so i guess as long as they still have the money to pay for it.. the odds are that the govt will not do much till they sell the finished product...  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 11:22 am

this is pathetic
we all know arabs take bribes , so what?
nothing to do with s
more british fair play bollocks , same reason the europeans have our pants down with eu payments  



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