I've missed a great deal of updates while away, a veritable landslide of progress.
So random points from those updates;
The "new" Canadian flag looks spiffing though I am very surprised Churchill went for it.
Japan is in a very strong position. What are the chances of the Communist Yanks coming to the aid of the capitalist west, hell there's more chance of them taking the opportunity to roll into Canada than surging the fleet west. Not saying they'll win, the economic and industrial fundamentals are still against them, just there's a strong position there to be exploited.
Equally I think Frank Whittle will enjoy his time alot more, hopefully the contracts are given to a proper firm not Rover. Let us hope Alan Cobham also feels the benefit of all this.
As to the F104G, the problem wasn't the plane (terrible though it was) the problem was the massive bribes and corruption Lockheed dished out. No-one would have brought the damned thing without the bribes, it's the corrupt generals, civil servants and odd monarch who deserve most of the blame. For the overseas ones anyway. For the US that mistakes was all their own fault.
Interesting to see what this mysterious mission is, I've been reading so quickly to catch up I missed any subtle clues.
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