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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|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1796 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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