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“The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices, paid by others.” Thomas Sowell No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last week’s aircraft picture thatRead more

“The Shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as a destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.” Abraham Lincoln The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is anRead more

“The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honourable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.” James Madison No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last week’s aircraft proved to be rather easy for most people. I haveRead more

“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is the landmark of an authoritarian regime…” Justice Potter Stewart Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. ItRead more

“To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend and once you become his friend, all his defences come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method for his demise.” Tokugawa Leyasu No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last week’s aircraft proved to be very difficult for most peopleRead more

“There are two histories: official history, lying and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.” Honoré de Balzac Game Composites GB1 GameBird The Game Composites GB1 GameBird is a British single-engine, two-seat, aerobatic aircraft that was designed by Philipp Steinbach and the first prototype was built by Game Composites. Steinbach isRead more

“A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.” Mario Puzo No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last week’s aircraft proved to be rather difficult, so this week’s picture taken by me at the Stellenbosch airshow on Saturday should be much easier. Please send your answers to meRead more

“War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense.” Randolph Bourne The Comper C.L.A.7 Swift was a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft produced byRead more

“Whosoever uses force without Right … places himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it and, in that state, all former Ties are cancelled, all other Rights cease and everyone has a Right to defend himself and to resist the Aggressor.” John Locke No prizes, but can you identify thisRead more

“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.” Abraham Lincoln McDonnell 119 / 120 business jet was developed and unsuccessfully marketed by McDonnell Aircraft in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Its configuration is unique for this typeRead more