I spent the last couple of days in Queretaro, Mexico, the flashpoint for the Mexican rebellion against Spain in 1810 and, more recently, the site of a brand new Bombardier factory where composite structural components including fuselages and wings for the Learjet 85 are being manufactured.
The biggest surprises on my visit weren’t inside the factory, but rather all around this surprising city, which some are already calling, variously, the Wichita of Mexico, or the Montreal of Mexico, or the Toulouse of Mexico – references to the aerospace capabilities that have suddenly sprung up in Queretaro.
