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June 2009 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: June 30, 2009March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Air Show Schleppers, Ask any auto company crash test dummy. The only thing worse than […]

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May 2009 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: May 31, 2009March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Rifle Range Historians, Permit me to introduce a recent addition to the Aboulafia […]

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April 2009 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: April 18, 2009February 12, 2021

Dear Fellow Transatlanticizers, Here’s a good indicator that an aircraft program is in serious trouble: […]

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March 2009 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: March 31, 2009March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Program Overrun Observers, Scientology. Religion? Cult? Practical joke gone wrong? Whatever you believe, the […]

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February 2009 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: February 28, 2009March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Aircraft Occasion Observers, Second weddings are common. Second funerals are not. But we might be close […]

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January 2009 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: January 31, 2009March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Post Vacation Re-Adjustors, It’s time for my annual travel/aircraft market newsletter. Every January we go […]

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December 2008 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: December 31, 2008March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Airplane Obsessors, This is not another letter about Eclipse. Honestly. I have no desire to […]

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November 2008 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: November 30, 2008March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Credit Risks, Years ago my mom gave me a pretty objet d’art known as depression glass. It […]

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October 2008 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: October 27, 2008February 12, 2021

Dear Fellow Aviation Tourists, I grew up in Long Island. Somebody had to. It wasn’t without its […]

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September 2008 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: September 30, 2008March 17, 2021

Dear Fellow Distressed Debt Fans, The funny thing about finance is how durable it sounds. Words like […]

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Richard is a Managing Director at AeroDynamic Advisory. Frequently cited as an aviation industry authority by trade and news publications, Richard has appeared on numerous television news and radio programs including BBC, Reuters, CBS, CNN, and PBS and spoken at numerous industry conferences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Since 2012 he has served on the National Aeronautic Association Collier Trophy Selection Committee. He presents a yearly lecture to the National Defense University/Industrial College of the Armed Forces and has served as an expert witness in aerospace markets.

In addition to his consulting role, Richard writes publicly about aviation and defense, with regular columns at Forbes.com and in Aviation Week and Space Technology. His articles have appeared in numerous other publications including Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, and AIAA’s Aerospace America.

Contact Richard Aboulafia

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