Originally Posted by GEENY
Another Bristol Brabazon?
I didn't know anything about the Bristol Brabazon, a Google search turned up this:
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/classics/brab.php fascinating.
Originally Posted by CAP493
However, the argument that the UK Government is wasting and is likely to waste billions of pounds of public funds on unnecessary airport expansion is just not correct because the proposed expansion at Edinburgh, Birmingham, Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, Gatwick, etc., would all be funded by the private sector simply because these airports are all privately owned.
I'm not arguing that the government is wasting public money. My point is that the government is justifying the expenditure. I don't really care about where the money comes from only that money is being spent on something unnecessary because the government has said it is necessary.