SPLAT -- CRASH hardly a difference. Going down in either is often deadly. Helicopters can re-engage their rotors just before "landing" to reduce the speed of impact. I think (I'm not an expert on aviation) planes lack some of that capability.
But that's all a side issue -- we were talking airplanes vs airplanes. And WWII brought forth some amazing advances in technology. Not all of it good and some of it blessfully unrealized (the Nazis' intercontinental space bomber among them), but some of it has been a benefit to us (those of you who don't book tickets in airline steerage class).
Hi all, CA home and commercial property getting an 80% property tax increase in 2010 and nothing on FR.