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Everyone Who is Anyone in Aviation at Exclusive Airshow in England

Aired July 22, 2002 - 12:52   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Everyone who is anyone in aviation is at an exclusive airshow in England right now. American and European leaders in flight technology are showing off their know-how in Farnborough.

CNN's Richard Quest made the a-list, as he always does. He joins us from there, now with some of the highlights.

Hi, Richard.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I've got a new aviation, an aeronautical term for you, Kyra. It's called being jiggered, and that's pretty much what I am, having spent an entire day at Farnborough. I have schlept -- and that's another aviation term you may not be familiar with -- from this side to that side. Planes are taking off all over the place.

(UNINTELLIGIBLE) with a cup of tea.

Joining me is Stratton Ritchie (ph). He is the chief commentator here at Farnborough. What that basically is, he can tell you what planes are flying, even before they have taken off.

Stratton (ph), thank you for joining us. It's huge, this, isn't it?

STRATTON RITCHIE (ph): It is absolutely ginormous. It is the billed as the world's largest temporary outdoor exhibition. And to get this whole setup setup, the guys and girls have to work for months and months and months, amid acres of cameras, the malls of electrical cable that goes into setting up Farnborough.

QUEST: Just a second, we have got a plane coming in to land. We must take the opportunity for that.

So stand back. Stand back.

Now to prove that this man really does know, because I have got absolutely no idea. They're very hard to identify these, aren't they?

RITCHIE (ph): The best ones to identify are things like the Airbus. They're very, very kind to us all, because they've got those huge numbers on the tail, and the sukoys (ph), when the Russians used to be here, did similar, because you look up, you think, oh, what on Earth is that.

QUEST: All right, let's have a quick final thought. It's often billed also the U.S. versus the rest of the world. Boeing is here, Northrup, Raytheon, really big companies from the United States doing battle with their European counterparts. Is that fair?

RITCHIE (ph): I think that's a thing of the past. I think the whole aviation industry is getting together go forward, and forward into the next 21st century, because that's how we have go forward, aviation together.

QUEST: A diplomat Stratton (ph). We thank you very much indeed.

RITCHIE (ph): And I hope have you that cup of tea.

QUEST: Absolutely. So there you are. We have seen a plane land. We are going to see -- there is another one taking off in a moment, Kyra, and I'm absolutely jiggered. Remember that phrase, you are going to hear it a lot up Farnborough.

PHILLIPS: All right, I'm feeling very jiggered now, Richard Quest. I hear you've got the company jet. You were able to come in on the CNN plane. You still have it -- are you still next to it?

QUEST: No, we don't have the company jet, actually. We have flown it off. I didn't know you wanted to see the company jet. I'll tell you what, if you come back -- well, I promise I will have the CNN corporate jet for you. We did have it here earlier. I'm sorry.

PHILLIPS: That's all right.

QUEST: I tell you, we may have the other -- the really big corporate jet. Look at that one. Now, I wonder what member of CNN management is arriving in that particular corporate jet at that end of the runway.

PHILLIPS: Definitely not you or me, Richard. We didn't get that in our contracts.

QUEST: Well, if you did, your agents are doing jolly good better than mine. I barely got a pair of roller blades and a bicycle.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: All right, Richard Quest, with his head in the clouds there at the airshow. We will check in with you again, I promise. I will be looking forward to seeing the jet that you came in on, all right, Richard?

QUEST: All right, Kyra. I'm jiggered remember, jiggered.

PHILLIPS: Getting jiggered with it. All right, Richard, thank you.

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