GrahamO and Caztazou
"And in that single response you have demonstrated how little you actually understand. Exactly what airframe are you going to purchase that requires as little modification as possible? Please, do tell, 'cos I'm sure Boeing et al would love to know what you have in mind."
That was going to be my response. I could have argued that the concept of the fax is at least 150 years old, the telephone is at least as old, e-mail is the best part of 40 years old but because an aircraft concept is 'old' it's of no use. Oddly enough, the only people that espouse that idea are those that have f@ck all clue about that of which they spout.
I could point out that Caz is resident in country that isn't even an island and it still has an MPA fleet (and it's almost as old as Nimrod) but I don't hear him berating his host nation.
I then realised that I am just wasting my breath. Life is too short.
Crack on folks.