Most of what the public has been hearing from Defence in relation to the F-35 is nothing more than marketing spin, writes Eric L Palmer.
Jets
The blue-sky marketing madness of the F-35
Australia and the Department of Spendthrift Defence, can’t afford this gold plated and unproven wonder, writes Eric L Palmer.
Stealth, the big con
The Defence establishment wants your hard earned tax dollars, and they will do anything to sustain the lifestyle they have become so accustomed to, writes Eric L. Palmer.
Defence is hush-hush about future fighter jet noise
The Defence community isn’t being honest about the F-35 to the Australian public, writes Eric L Palmer.
What Defence didn’t tell about the Joint Strike Fighter
Aircraft range and payload matter — the greater these are, the better, and the same goes for missiles, writes Peter Goon.
Dodgy electrics: Qantas sticks with Singaporean maintenance
Qantas was unable to confirm or deny credible information this morning that it would soon send another of its jets to the same Singapore Airlines Engineering Company that ripped it off last year with dodgy repairs, reports Ben Sandilands.
Tiger leaves Qantas with only ugly options
Tiger paranoia is gripping Qantas and Jetstar. In March Tiger said it was coming with five jets before Christmas. By yesterday it had announced routes which look like taking 10 jets, and starting more than a month before Christmas.
Howard’s baggage: The PM needs a bigger jet
The PM’s memory continued to fail him this morning on radio when he forgot that his office had spent $100,000 increasing the baggage space on one of his Boeing BBJ jets.
