Farnborough International Airshow 2014
Day 4: Red Arrows arrive, Israel intensifies bombardment of Gaza and Boeing 777 Malaysian Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine.
Lunchtime Red Arrows arrived.
Unbelievable, a sports day organised to add to the traffic chaos of the airshow, and if it could not get worse, idiots park on the path, on double yellow lines, obstructing the traffic flow. And no, it is not ok because you have your hazard lights flashing.
The few local businesses that do profit from the airshow are local taxis, except last airshow outsiders were allowed to cream off the business.
$130 billion in orders on the first three days But something of a farce, are we really to believe orders are actually placed at the airshow? If yes, then where is the tax revenue?
But less we forget, Farnborough Airshow is not a fun day out for the family, it is an arms fair.
A military junta is running Egypt. Eight Airbus 295 tactical airlifters were sold to the military junta, bringing their total to 20.
Russia has been severely restricted. Why not Israel? Nine days of military aggression against Gaza. As sun set over Gaza, intensification of the bombardment and the start of a ground offensive.
An international disinvestment programme of Israel has been launched.
Malaysian Flight MH17 Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur shot down over Ukraine by a surface to air missile.
Shooting down of a civilian aircraft is a war crime.
Why were civilian airlines being routed over a conflict zone, where in the last few days aircraft had been shot down?
