Insist on Cash When Russia is the Customer
Kirt's Cogitations™ #122

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Insist on Cash When Russia is the Customer

If you think times are hard in the U.S. or Europe, consider this. The Russians pulled their Su-30 MK fighter-bomber, upgraded MiG-29 fighter and MiG-AT advanced trainers from appearing and performing at the Farnborough air show this year (2002) for fear that a court would impound them. Farnborough, England, hosts the world's largest commercial and military air show each year. A Swiss import/export company is owed money by the Russians and has an ongoing lawsuit. What a scene that would be - an aircraft tow truck rolling across the tarmac with a MiG on the hook!

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...