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Old 12th Apr 2007, 12:28
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criticalmass
 
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Putting the 'Bou back into production is a fine idea, if...

a) the original production jigs weren't destroyed when production ceased,
b) the production drawings weren't likewise destroyed,
c) the powers that be are prepared to face the politically-incorrect truth that an existing design can actually do the job better than all the whizbang new offerings from manufacturers who have consistently failed to produce a competitive replacement design for decades, and
d) the politicians who end up making the choice (usually against the better judgement of their military advisers) find the intestinal fortitude to actually admit an existing airframe is actually the best for the role and scrape up the necessary to fund a resumption of production, and
e) the original manufacturer has somehow miraculously managed to retain enough interest in building aeroplanes for the military to be interested in resuming production.

All in all, I don't see any resumption of Caribou production...the odds are stacked against it.

But I'd love to be proved wrong.
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