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[Simon Spero <ses AT unc.edu>]

Bill Geschwind wrote:

> For Middle Eastern heads of state having a private jet is a status symbol, 
> not a
> rational investment. 
That only applies to countries that are openly monarchical; in the other 
dictatorships (even hereditary ones like Syria), these aircraft 
officially belong to the state, and in the democracies (Israel and 
Turkey),  government aircraft are as personal as Air Force One.

Interestingly, many presidential aircraft are protected against attacks 
from shoulder luanched missiles using IRCM packages from ELTA (an Israel 
Aircraft Industries subsidiary), using packages developed to protect 
civillian airliners.  I doubt this one is :-)

Simon