TU-95MS BEAR H might pay a visit to Portland International

Buzzer wrote:
On 17 Jun 2004 13:38:19 -0700, (TJ) wrote:


At a press conference Monday, Frost said some sources told him the
huge aircraft, code-named the Bear by NATO, still will arrive on
Thursday. But another source in Russia told him Monday that the
arrival might be delayed for reasons that weren't immediately clear.


Probably because Bush will be in the NW and they wouldn't want to
scare the world famous Cold War interceptor pilot to death if he looks
up and sees a Bear.

A similar visit planned a couple of years ago - on the 65th Anniversary
- was cancelled because a Swiss company, called Noga, was suing the
Russian government for alleged unpaid debts.

The 2002 visit was to have included a couple of Sukhoi Flankers - and
Noga were threatening to get a court order to impound them in the US.

They tried a similar ploy at the Paris Air Show in 2003 - but the Sukhoi
& MiG companies was pre-warned and flew the Su-30 and MiG AT back to
Russia before the bailifs could slap the order on them.

I had read that the dispute had been settled - but maybe not ?

Ken Duffey