Good morning, Howard. Thanks for the brief insight into the process and a
confirmation of Chinese “bugging”. It’s another “book” on the shelf of
surveillance right alongside David’s Soviet hotel keys/front-desk operations
volume. :)
Best regards,
Peter S
On Aug 6, 2021, at 3:39 PM, Howard Cummer <hcummer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Peter,
The main principle was “no ticket - no laundry”. Transfer could only take
place when full payment was received. Sometimes an aircraft would be
completed and the buyer slow to finalize payment so there could be no
delivery. In one case, the VP of Sales of Dehavilland Canada was sitting in
the Library at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, complaining
to me that the Chinese twin otter was already built and if the Chinese didn’t
pay soon it would have to be sent out to short term lease. The next day, in
contract negotiations, the Chinese introduced a new clause to the contract
which stated that no completed aircraft purchased by the Chinese could be put
into short term leasing prior to delivery. That meant, of course, that the
library was bugged. Not surprising really.
Howard.
From: "Peter Stevens" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender
Subject: [LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V18 #215
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 13:37:37 -0400
Hi Neil and thanks for the response and the confirmation. :) Part of me
really thinks that your experience would’ve been better, but…another part of
me has to laugh at the thought of all those pilots who experienced the
“trim-jobs” giving consideration of the coming event and just wore their
least favorite shirt that day. :)
Thanks. If you ever want to share an image of your fabric “certificate” of
air-worthiness I’m certain that the crowd around here would be appreciative.
Wait. While we’re considering aviation and traditions, and if Howard is still
checking in the site to read this - are there or were there any traditions
around the transferring an airplane from a sale…I mean besides making sure
that the payment has cleared the bank? And how about when placing an airplane
into service as it comes off the production line for the first flight?
One more thing per aviation - there’s a short film on YouTube that I think
some of you may find interesting.
Here’s the first link to the restoration project’s web-site, that
unfortunately I don’t think got too much support in their Kickstarted
campaign:
http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/gaining-altitude-mosquito-reborn.html
and here’s the YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauNQgkOJhU
Best regards,
Peter S
