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2003-05-22 Middle East

U.S. backtracks, okays Israeli sale of Phalcon to India

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Posted by Dar 2003-05-22 08:33 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 because $1 Billion worth of Ford "Falcons" would be a bad mililtary investment? This way the politicians know what they're getting

Posted by Frank G 2003-05-22 09:05:34|| 2003-05-22 09:05:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Good point, Frank. Maybe we should have tried selling them some Novas, too, since they don't speak Spanish!

Posted by Dar 2003-05-22 09:25:15|| 2003-05-22 09:25:15|| Front Page Top

#3 There's something phalic about Phalcon. From what I can tell its has a sort of circumsized helmeted nose.

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-22 11:09:06|| 2003-05-22 11:09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Lucky--Wonder if the Phalcon is a derivative of the Seascan? That fits your description quite well!

Posted by Dar 2003-05-22 12:56:10|| 2003-05-22 12:56:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Duh--All I needed to do was search on "Phalcon":

Posted by Dar 2003-05-22 12:58:59|| 2003-05-22 12:58:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Jeebus, Dar. With that pimple on its nose, I bet it's loads of fun to fly.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-22 13:22:28|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-22 13:22:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Make sure you fly this thing with lots of nose-up trim!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-22 14:40:16|| 2003-05-22 14:40:16|| Front Page Top

#8 They should have painted the nose red.

Posted by RW 2003-05-22 15:03:43|| 2003-05-22 15:03:43|| Front Page Top

#9 You mean like this?

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-05-22 17:17:12|| 2003-05-22 17:17:12|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL! That's a coffee alert.

Posted by RW 2003-05-22 17:40:55|| 2003-05-22 17:40:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Thats red latex. It's only good for one mission then its tossed. But there are all kinds of colors and shapes, depending on the mission.

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-23 11:47:52|| 2003-05-23 11:47:52|| Front Page Top

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