Montrealguy:
With these figures in hand, how can you claim that Soviet Aircraft didn't crash because they "spent 20 year parked" ?
Talk about putting words in my mouth!
I
NEVER said anything regarding whether or not Soviet aircraft did or didn't crash, or claim they spent 20 years parked. Please show me where I did if you disagree?
What you have done here is simply infer something I did not say. My point is that you have and continue to pick numbers that fit your "point". All I was doing was point out how numbers can be misleading....
.... like the ones you have here again. Sure any one airframe may have been ramped, and carry N hours, but again unless you factor ALL the airframes then any one statistic is MEANINGLESS.
Crash statistics only make sense looking at crashes per departure and/or per 100K miles. Argue away.
- GY