"Chuck Johnson" wrote in message
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"Tom Cooper" wrote in
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More British (penis) envy of their French neighbors. How tiresome...
and yet fun!

Not that I love the French, but I love the unrestrained never ending
British jealousy directed at the evidently technically superior French
(Planes, Trains and Automobiles--oops! I forgot ships too (Queen Mary
II)!).

As for the Brits, they do degrade their neighbors in remarkably good
taste. Jolly Good!

On a military note, what's the deal with the MoD considering 'drastic
reductions' in the Eurofighter orders?

Chuck,
if this was sent to my adress, let me tell you, first of all, I'm not
British: I'm a pretty weird mix with a WASP, German and even Slavic
backgrounds. In short: a product of a familiy with 700 years of
military-service tradition.

If you want to bash me, call me a "prototype K.u.K. bourgeois", no problem:
just not "British". ;-)))

As second: that with the bent pitot tubes simply happened: that is a fact.
And, it was done by a Greek guard to a French aircraft. So, sorry: not my
fault.

Re. your military note: everybody is talking about "drastic cuts" of the
EF-2000's production run already since years. Sometimes they do this, many
times not. Germany already threatened to get out of the project completely,
two or so years back....

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585