Ladies and Gents
After a lot of trawling on various
opensource internet govt stats sites I have found the following for accident rates:
PREDATOR Cat A
2005 1.25/10,000fg hrs
2006 0.33/10,000fg hrs
2007 0.6/10,000fg hrs
2008 0.57/10,000fg hrs
FJs Cat4/5
SHAR 1.88/10,000fg hrs (>1979)
Jag 1.02/10,000fg hrs (>1973)
GR7/9 0.97/10,000fg hrs (>1988)
GR1/4 0.59/10,000fg hrs (>1980)
F3 0.28/10,000fg hrs (>1985)
So for about a £4-5M UAV/UAS you get the same accident rate as you do for the massively more expensive £20M+ FJ - not including the widows pensions!!!
Yet another UAS vs MAS (Manned Air System) myth debunked?
LJ
