Originally Posted by
typerated
I'm sure I'm not alone and maybe it is just a getting older male thing - but my wife is frustrated that I'm always appalled by the cost of things.
she is always telling me "but that is what things cost these days"
My reaction is " I'm not paying it!"
$200 for a pair of shoes - I'm not paying that!
$XXX.XXXX for a house - it's not worth that - etc etc.
To a degree I can get my head round Fast Jets at over $100M a pop.
But I struggle with utility helicopters such as the new Lynx being not to far short of that.
I'd wonder if there is a economic argument to bring back something like a Turbo Beaver/ PC-6 etc to compliment the helicopters.
if you are transporting a few bods (or some odds and sods) from one field to another at around 100 Knots it would do it at a tiny fraction of the cost (buy price and operating cost)
Just divide everything by 10 or by 100, the sums will feel much more comfortable.