The liberal fighter stormed all the way to the floor of the Democratic convention that year to try to wrest the nomination from Jimmy Carter, a sitting president.

ECONOMIST: Edward Kennedy

The kindest way of describing the government's U-turn over its new F35 fighter fleet is to point out that it should never have rushed to decide on the subject back in its Strategic Defence and Security Review or SDSR of October 2010.

BBC: Why did coalition government change fighter plane plan?

But any cut in the plan would drive up the already high cost of the stealthy strike fighter in a way that might undermine political support, a fact not lost on Boeing marketers charged with keeping their company in the fighter business.

FORBES: Outcome Of Three Programs Will Drive Defense Sector Consolidation

However, this current itself twists around and around as it flows through the magnetic field, the way a torrent of water twists up a fire-fighter's hosepipe.

ECONOMIST: Here be serpents

One of our managers, Tom Sobieck, has already come up with a unique solution on how to install and deploy the electronic systems for the Joint Strike Fighter in such a way that millions of dollars and many months of installation time can be saved for that program.

FORBES: Vision Is Not The Roadmap, It's The Reason For Having The Map In The First Place