Originally Posted by
Phil_R
Fair question. The answer is that my post is intended to demonstrate why I don't trust the UK to manage a project of the scale of the newly-announced aircraft. Or, to put it another way, should we bother? We'll only screw it up, like we have many, many other projects.
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This, which is a shame, but I think bourne out by recent experience. If I were an underwriter I would think this project was fairly high risk.
It's easy for companies to get onboard a concept, and why wouldn't you if there might be money to be made? It costs nothing to express an interest and more air-miles for the directors so win-win.
That said, we haven't heard much of a peep since RIAT, so I still suspect the whole thing was more headlines, ministerial handshakes and style than substance.
Wonder how '''Loyal Wingman" will turn out.