Will somebody please remind LM just how long (quickly!) Ed Heinemann took to design, build and fly the Douglas A4?
Nearly 3,000 were later made and proves (at least to me) the merits of KISS. (keeping it simple, stupid!)
Seems like a lot of people have forgotten this..........would 2,000 cheaper and simple ac be better able to do the jobs required of them than the 100 or so we will eventually receive? At least all our eggs whould not be in one or two baskets and we would be able to deploy them much more flexibly.
MB