> Yes, what finally ended up as the XB-70. It was fun, in those days,
> because the USAF was funded well enough to maintain expensive facilities
> and carry out intensive ground test programs. Things are much different
> now. :-(
An argument could be made that while it was very expensive, it
probably ended up being less expensive.
Now, instead of eight years to bring a new airplane through
development to production, it takes twenty-eight years. And cost
overruns are so huge that we end up with the F-35 costing 1.5 TRILLION
dollars over the life of the program.
Oh well...
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Ken Norton
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