RE post 7: The reason they have accidents is because they don't get proper flight time training. This has been the history of the military. X42 spent all training money on foreign intervention, and that may be what is going on now.
RE post 7: The reason they have accidents is because they don't get proper flight time training. This has been the history of the military. X42 spent all training money on foreign intervention, and that may be what is going on now. Another excellent point. I was USN, and from the Gulf War on, I was lucky to get five hours of flying a week, and 5 hours of night time a month. Under GHWB, we started losing money for training & maintenance, but under Clinton we BLED.