From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <60904d51.11581593@news.dslextreme.com> usenet@only.tnx (Questor) writes:   
      
   >>For example, I run into a lot of unpaved and even depaved[a]   
   >>roads.  I'd be pissed as hell if I had to do a five mile   
   >>trip on them twice/day. But once/week?  Not so bad.   
      
   >Why wait for drones?  Why aren't helicopters and planes a sufficient   
   replacement   
   >for roads across Africa today?   
      
   Helicopters are DAMN expensive to own and operate and require   
   something absurd like an hour of maintenance for every flight hour.   
      
   Plus human pilots.   
      
   Drones are dirt cheap.  A couple thousand for a commecially rated,   
   15 hr/day usage, 15 mile radius unit.   
      
      
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