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January 2024 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: January 19, 2024January 19, 2024

Dear Fellow Idea Consolidators, As they say, if you think you’re the smartest person in […]

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November 2023 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

Dear Fellow Industry Strategerists, A handy phrase to understand companies: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. […]

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September 2023 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

Dear Fellow Franco-/Aero-philes, In June, Le Bourget returned after a four-year absence, and I didn’t […]

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July 2023 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

Dear Fellow Traveling Aerophiles, A chance encounter with an old acquaintance in the rain. Is […]

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June 2023 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: July 10, 2023July 10, 2023

Dear Fellow Semi-Willing IFE Viewers, Per last month’s letter, the world has changed greatly over […]

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May 2023 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Dear Fellow Time Passage Bystanders, My 35-year career has paralleled a three-decade macro trend: towards […]

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February 2023 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Dear Fellow Memory Excavators, The month is almost over, and, rudely, I haven’t taken the […]

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December 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: December 30, 2022December 30, 2022

Dear Fellow Colleague Thought Leveragers, Okay, THAT was an interesting year. Summarizing it in one […]

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November 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

Dear Fellow Late Night Doomscrollers, Good news seldom arrives at 11 PM. But last night […]

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September 2022 Letter

by: raboulafiaPosted on: October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

Dear Fellow Retired China Travelers, The saddest nostalgia is for futures that didn’t happen. For […]

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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

raboulafia@aerodynamicadvisory.com
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