I agree it's terrible that we've lost many people in the Osprey, but the Osprey is a huge leap in aviation and anytime there are huge leaps there comes the posibility of tradegy. Comparing it to the dreamliner doesn't do it justice in my opinion. I would say its more along the lines when the helicopter was first invented or rockets. If the early helicopters and rockets were capable of carrying 30+ people then more would have died. How many early helicopters/rockets/shuttles/people have we lost before we were able to find somewhat safe and reliable designs?

The Osprey has come a long way and has a long way to go before it will be as reliable as a passenger jet, but when it gets there it will revolutionize military and commercial flight. Medium sized airports will be a thing of the past when a businessman can land at the building of his destination instead of a local airport.

With that said, I would love to one day be able to fly a model of the Osprey. In Howard Hughes words, it's "the way of the future".

Jay