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Posted on 04/13/2007 6:09:44 PM PDT by SandRat
FR WAR NEWS!The press needs to understand that a great many of the people on V-22 worked on Chinook as well at some point (the two major programs at Boeing Philadelphia). These people know how to build powerful machines.
Here’s the flaw in your logic; “The press needs to understand ...” they can’t and they refuse to learn.
True.
The Osprey glitches have been fixed.
I wish them luck.
See: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816870/posts
Great news! This new platform will do well.
The Osprey makes its movie debut in Transformers on July 4th this year.
Wow. Those are fascinating items. They have kind of a sci-fi look to them. I assume the turbines (?) with the propellers on them turn forward in flight so they look more like an airplane. I want one; it’d be a great way to get to work.
But at least the Marines made one of them barf.
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My God, what a sitting duck. Prayers up for those young men aboard.
No greater “sitting duck” then the average helicopter. But, these aircraft can fly like a genuine airplane when needed.
“I assume the turbines (?) with the propellers on them turn forward in flight so they look more like an airplane. “
Yeah, sort of like an airplane, but with those huge rotors the thing just looks bad! You need to find some video of one in flight.
“My God, what a sitting duck.”
Actually, they should be a lot more surviveable than helicopters. The two rotors are transmission cross linked, so they can even maintain if one turbine is out. Redundantly armored and the control system and hydraulics are redundant as well.
Not your Daddy’s Huey.
“Around 1 p.m., two Ospreys roared overhead, sending dust and blades of grass into the faces of reporters and photographers.
As a testament to the Osprey’s sheer power, one photographer onboard was compelled to use a complimentary airsick bag. Another passenger, a news correspondent, wore a yellow hue on her face that was absent before the flight.
At the edge of the landing zone, Sgt. Courtney Joseph, an MV-22 aircrew member and mechanic, watched the disoriented press members deplane — rather de-helicopter — the Ospreys.”
I like the Osprey. Can we do some more of this for our media pals?
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