[ProtectOurFreedom]

I've never seen one. Actually, I've never even heard of it before this article. That's a pretty good looking bird and really multi-functional.

On a related aviation note, I've had quite a few BAe 146 flying real low over my house this week. We've got fires burning in North Idaho, Eastern Washington and Western Montana. They return to the firefighting base at Coeur d'Alene airport. I saw a large two-rotor helo with a snorkel dangling down headed toward the CdA airport a few minutes ago, too.

(no, they weren't dumping water on my house!)

[Java4Jay]

I’ve ridden on a BAe-146 many times, it’s was slow, smooth and roomy. An oddity is that it has no leading edge slats.