[conspire] Aeroflot Leaving Miami and the Future of Russian Aviation

[Josef Grosch]

On 3/20/22 11:16, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
> So what's interesting is that 18 of the 515 planes were owned by BOC, aka Bank of China, who's owed about $1 billion.
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> More info from Mentour Pilot's crew on some of the side effects here.
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> https://mentourpilot.com/is-russias-law-to-seize-aircraft-helping-lessors/
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> On a personal note, I'm curious what the embargo will do to the supply of vintage Soviet-era germanium parts often used in (guitar) fuzz pedals. In particular, while I have a regular edition of this one, I crave the Cyrillic version:
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> https://reverb.com/item/42796306-spaceman-sputnik-iii-germanium-fuzz-2020-red-edition?show_sold=true
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> Many germanium fuzz pedals have names that give a nod to their Soviet parts origin:
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> https://coastsonic.com/products/zvex-effects-russian-fuzz-factory-7
> https://coastsonic.com/products/wren-and-cuff-super-russian
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> (And the reason they're vintage is that there's no good way to make them cleanly now.)
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The embargo has stopped and/or slowed the availability of vacuum tubes 
AKA valves used in guitar amplifiers. Turns out that most tubes today 
are made in Russia. The Chinese factory that made tubes burned down 
recently and the Slovakia company has a lead time to manufacture of 6 
months. The price of 6L6 or a 12ax7 is going through the roof, check 
ebay its just nuts. I saw a listing last week for a NOS Mullard 
something, I don't remember the model, for $900.00. It's a pity that 
vacuum tubes have become such a niche market that no American company 
can justify the manufacture of tubes.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/tube-amp-shortage-ehx-russia


Josef

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