Yea they garnered a lot differences over the years. Even different engines, cockpits became partially pressurized, etc. But that doesn't mean the comparison bet

Yea they garnered a lot differences over the years. Even different engines, cockpits became partially pressurized, etc. But that doesn't mean the comparison between what could be built in the 1950s and today is invalid. And then of course, the GH is an unmanned drone, with a little lower ceiling, etc. These would reduce costs. Obviously it's a far-more advanced project, but it's also had outrageous cost overruns. I think it's crazy when you think one of our military's highest-performing planes, even if not as exotic as an SR71, has some kind of reasonable cost comparison to an air conditioning service that a high schooler built in their spare time. Remember, a lot of that inflation is devaluation (this is debated) from Fed printing money and playing games with Wall St, but not all of it.