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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

The P-47 cost $85K in 1945. That’s about $550k today. So for the cost of 1 F-22 you could have 800 P-47’s .


72 posted on 12/17/2014 10:15:42 AM PST by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: azcap

According to Walt Williams it would be closer to $1.4 Million.


83 posted on 12/17/2014 10:40:43 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: azcap
The P-47 cost $85K in 1945. That’s about $550k today. So for the cost of 1 F-22 you could have 800 P-47’s .

I am coming up with 1.1 million in today's USD. So it would be 400 not 800. :) A huge number regardless.

87 posted on 12/17/2014 10:43:35 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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