I'll gladly withdraw it
My point is, it seems silly to "announce" something that may or may not happen before it's finalised, especially in a community that prefers to have as much information as to aircraft and owner identity as possible. I've done things like that before myself and suffered great personal embarrassment and inadvertent burning of bridges.
Regarding your analogy of buying the ejection seat - the difference is you had purchased it. The B-25 announcement was not that of a confirmed purchase.
Quite different in my mind. The "big deal" is that you have "announced" information about someone else's project before the purchaser themselves have actually finalised the deal.
As far as demanding to know why "we" weren't told when a project surfaces, I'm not sure what you're referring to - I like surprises, and then finding out the story later. I certainly don't find myself seeing an arrival on the scene and "demand" to know why "we weren't told". I am very happy to "relax and wait"
And I'm quite happy to have teasing "warbird tips" (aka "I know something you don't know") vanish as it can be frustrating to get excited about an announcement in that form, only for requests for more information to be rebuffed and the project itself to never eventuate. Perhaps it says something about the various owners that their names are generally not being mentioned with these tips?
Long story short: if an aircraft is changing countries, it's my personal view such an announcement should be made when the ducks are in a row - but that is the owner's prerogative.
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