A.P. Richelieu
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Hi,
Just remember---Saab 900 was the best selling car in the US in the young educated women and liberals of 80's 90's 00's---.
And then it went bankrupt---. Great handling---reliable---solid and safe but done and dusted---.
The south africans blundered into buying the Grippen---expensive spare parts and most are hanger queens now---not flying---. I believe SA was looking for buyers for used Grippens---.
South africa could have waited for awhile and joined the JF17 club---that would have boosted its defense industry sales by a massive amount---.
I was bought by GM, which did not invest a lot in new cars,
and it never could reach the volumes needed to sustain beeing a separate company.
I have not heard that South Africans are trying to sell their Gripens.
The Thais want to replace the one that crashed, and so far a sale did not happen.
They keep all airworthy, but not everyone is not active. They rotate them on a regular schedule.