> BUT, there is precedent for this move. They gifted an even more expensive plane to Erdogan.
"We gave a huge gift to an authoritarian leader" is indeed precedent; not a great one, though.
"We gave a huge gift to an authoritarian leader" is indeed precedent; not a great one, though.
I’ve been around aviation for a good portion of my life, and oddly enough, I’ve never encountered an “ordinary plane giveaway.”