Indeed, LOMCEVAK. Around that time we had some Boscombe people visiting the squadron and chatted with them in the crewroom about the JP replacement competition. During the chat, one of them asked "So which do you think will be chosen?". "Well", I answered, "my guess is that the Firecracker will be rejected early on, you'll recommend the PC-9 but the politicians will insist on the Tucano to keep Northern Irish aerospace jobs, now that the Lear Fan has finally gone tits up!"
"Interesting", was all he replied.....with a 'how did you guess' smile. But he did say that the best of the contenders was "...almost as good as the Harvard"
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