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Old 24th February 2004 | 06:34
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Dave_Jackson
 
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Fox news;
"From the first days of the Bush administration there has been talk of canceling a number of major aviation projects, including the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey hybrid helicopter-airplane and the Air Force's F/A-22 Raptor fighter jet, but so far the Comanche has been the only casualty."
This raises the question as to what is the future for VTOL craft, and particularly rotorcraft?

A large portion of current VTOL development is directed at UAVs for small non-transportation craft and at piloted faster craft for transportation operations.
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The Comanche may well be the RIP of Igor's tail rotor. Perhaps this is the start of a new generation of rotorcraft.

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