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Re: And Canada, Australia, more for the UK, etc.

Posted by Mikael Olrog on Tue Dec 17, 2002 12:13:39 PM

In reply top And Canada, Australia, more for the UK, etc. posted by bdk on Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:22:59 AM

Hi Bdk,

Well, what can I say, when I visited CASA in Madrid this May I got the impression that they're on top of things.

Bearing in mind the impact Airbus have had on the american dominans on the Airliner market in recent years I hope that you don't regard the A400M as an "wellfare"project, it might come a nasty surprice...;-)

Don't know the details about the offset deals for the C-17 offered to the european countries, but the A400M would be built to 100% in the same countries so the deals better be real good to be competitive.

They'll also come up with a potent tanker version wich can be a challenge to current dominant actor on the market.

Anyway, I had a great day at CASA, studying their production line for Airbus parts, their production line for Eurofighters including close access to their Eurofighter prototype (now crashed - they should buy SAAB 39 Gripen instead!:). May be you can give me the same grand tour - and I'll promise to argue your case next time! LOL

/Mikael

: All the affected countries are planning in the event the A
: 400 European welfare project gets
: cancelled...
:
: Actually, the C-17 offers all these countries benefits in
: that offsets would see C-17 and other
: military and commercial aircraft components manufactured i
: n these same countries in exchange for
: the purchase of C-17's.
:
: The UK has already developed missions for an aircraft they
: felt was too large for their needs. Now
: that the RAF have this larger plane, they are developing a
: ll sorts of missions they never before
: contemplated.
:
: The C-17 is a real airplane, available now. It is question
: able as to whether the A400 will ever be
: more than a paper study...

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