On Oct 20, 9:42 pm, "BT" wrote:
Because it had no airworthiness certificate - we don't let real people
(even the more expendable military) fly in those. If the
airworthiness couldn't be guaranteed, we wouldn't normally let an
aircraft fly.

Mike.. the military has a lot of aircraft flying with people in them, that
do not have an airworthiness certificate.

I have 1500 hrs in one.

BT

OK - I suppose we wouldn't expect a civilian certificate from the
FAA. But I assume the military have some other procedure to make sure
that millions of dollars of our assets aren't scattered over
hillsides?

I did a consulting job some years ago with the military and the
procedures were almost painful. Safety was an over-riding concern and
it slowed things up considerably.

Mike