The Northrop Grumman Issue.

[HundertneunGustav]

interest in aviation? well i guess many of us have red a page or two about the men behind the machines.
but this modern-age moneymaking scheisse is awful.

about not flying eagles forever... buy a bunch of Su-35ers instead of a single X-35.

how about this though:
recussitate Reginald Mitchell and take that man for a spin in a restored Merlin 60 or somesuch series Spitfire. Put him in a Griffon spitfire if you find one.
What will he say? How will he react?

Bring Mister Otto back for a few days (yea the guy that played a BIG role in engine creation and design) , and show him what "explosive engines" have become...
how would he react? what would he think of the evolution, the impact of the machine? cars all over the world, ship engines, Bomber engines, Jet engines, modern cars and trucks?

Those are the men behind the creations, and i bet if they found out that _big_ royalties have to be paid every time a toy is made "off a real world machine", they would turn over in their graves.
Especially Mister Mitchell... he worked till he could no more... not asking for fortune, not asking for fame...

CEOs, lawyers, banks, people amassing and herding money... just because they CAN...
whose respect do they earn? or deserve?

Financial enthusiasts vs aviation enthusiasts... no agreement possible.
Money DOES rule the world.

and all that is needed for evil to succeed, is for aviation enthusiasts to do nothing.

? Ummmmmm...