Seems to me like you got it all figured out.
Well, I assume you are talking about me flying the Brewster. Brewster was implemented to the game in late summer 2009. I started flying AH in the main arenas in October 2000.
You've been here two seconds. Considering that, I suggest you wouldnt try to draw too many conclusions as most of them will be quite far off the mark.
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As for the Meteor, I guess I was a bit harsh there earlier when I quoted dirtdart. My point is that I doubt it's the history why Meteor is wanted for. To me, the "why's" are pretty clear. They can be condenced to top speed, Hispanos and British roundels. It is kind of hard to come to any other conclusion when many people that ask for it don't seem to know much more about than the said three things.
As far as HTC's business goes, dirtdart certainly has a point in that adding the Meteor might seem like a good business move. And it might draw couple new people and oldtimers that don't have accounts anymore to try it out, but in the end I think it would end up being more of an annoyance for the average AH player just like the Me262 can be right now, admittedly.