Originally Posted by
BEagle
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For those who think I'm 'anti-American' when it comes to aircraft - think again. Why we persisted with the Tornado F2 and GR4 when the F-15C and F-15E were so clearly far superior is quite beyond me.
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From my perspective, my complaint wasn't about anti-American sentiment. It was about the "'t bungling Baron" and "'ol Bubba Boeing'. Given that BAE is a British based company (although the US subsidiary is a fairly large company in its own right), then I see no reason to call out anti-American sentiment.
It's the childish names that got me. The tone and content of post #17 was excellent; why not just say that in the first place? The last time I looked, BAE wasn't just based at Warton, Salmesbury and Brough. For that matter, Airbus's Broughton plant is in the north too. Boeing's aircraft are in large part made in Washington, which is not exactly traditional "Bubba" land. Although Airbus has a facility in Alabama, which if you were to identify "Bubbaland", would be a strong contender.