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True. I'd still be thinking 4th quarter of 2015. I'll bet it isn't easy to have to announce a delay. Paul surely can't feel good about it. I'm sure he delayed having to accept the delay as long as possible to give the finances time to work (or equipment to sell, whatever). I'm sure he knows that every delay takes away some credibility. He wouldn't be scrutinized so much if they didn't bother letting us knowso soon. He could have waited until September and said "You know, the funding didn't get in place until just last month and we need another 3 months to gear up the plant. We start hiring in 3 weeks." A lot can happen between this announced delay and the 4th quarter this year. They'll be funded, the engine will be done, IAV will gear up, crash testing will be completed... who knows? I'm glad they tell us anything. They don't have to say anything but they do. I think that has led to excessive criticism. The Wright brothers had a lot of naysayers but they managed. Thank goodness they didn't have the internet to see all the negativity. (and thank goodness they didn't believe the existing aerodynamics tables which were wrong at the time).
