Here's an interesting photo
Posted on 05/03/2017 5:51:18 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
MARINE MV-22 OSPREY TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFT COMPLETE FIRST PACIFIC CROSSING May 03 2017 - 0 Comments
By Tom Demerly FOUR U.S. MARINE CORPS MV-22 OSPREYS HAVE CROSSED THE PACIFIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. A flight of four U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft has completed a historic first ever long-range flight across the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin. The aircraft stopped on Guam and Wake Island during the multi-day long-range training deployment and were supported by Marine Corps KC-130 tanker aircraft. Total distance for the multi-flight deployment was approximately 6,000 miles.
The four aircraft were part of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, or VMM-268 the “Red Dragons” based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii and operate under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW). Their ability to deploy over extended ranges proves additional capability for the unit throughout the Pacific theater.
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How many have crashed ?
That was probably a bit of a “white knuckler”.
CC
“10,000 parts rotating around an oil leak.”
Close. 10,000 moving parts flying in close formation around a hydraulic leak.
Here's an interesting photo
They fly over my house several times a month. You can hear them coming, but you have to move fast if you want to see them. They can really haul. I saw them up close in the parking lot of the Pentagon some years ago.
Best place to be if you have to unload out of a crashing Osprey.
These birds fly over my home occasionally. Recently, one flew over at night and its nacelle lights reflected off the blade tips. It looked like two large green luminescent circles. Blade tips, end to end, are about 39 feet. These birds can be heard from some distance given their large engines. They are a treat to see for sure.
very impressive, wow..!
McGuire rigs never die, they just go tilt rotor.
They have a very distinct sound different than the Chinook and I run out as fast as I can to see them like a little kid.
That would be a C-119.
I heard one coming one day, ran outside, and there it went.
The aircraft are now being loaded onto a Navy Cargo Ship for return to the Mainland and retirement.
I used to live in Kaneohe, but I;ve never set foot anywhere in the state of Hawaii...
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