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Basically how a Ferrari is radically different from a diesel bus.
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Exactly! The Ferrari is very expensive, very complicated, and needs lots of service while the diesel bus is a cheap and dependable workhorse that rarely breaks down.
I can't see how the Osprey would be a better commuter craft than existing helicopters. In combat, troops cannot rappel out of that craft like they can in helicopters. I'm all for innovation, but how long have they been trying to perfect that Osprey? How many billions of dollars?
It seems to me that the best air machines are those that are dependable and last forever:
Huey UH-1
Hercules C-130
F4 Phantom
You know, aircraft like that.
