All things MV-22 Osprey

[ospreyd0009]

Yeah well being part of the CV-22 ITT (Integrated Teat Team) our here at Edwards AFB. I can say that all of the safety of flight software problems have been resolved. Being on the program for as long as I have, i've been through all the bad times with this machine. I'm so glad to see everything we've done to give the Marines and the Air Force a capable warfighting machine finally go operational overseas.

God willing when VMMT-263 deploys this year they have a good deployment, because they will be taking the newest planes in the fleet out into the field.

 

[ospreyd0009]

Sorry error on my part not VMMT-263 should have been "VMM-263"

 

[phrogdriver]

Yeah well being part of the CV-22 ITT (Integrated Teat Team) .

How do I get into THAT outfit?

 

[ospreyd0009]

LOL...man I fat fingered that posting should have been "TEST"

 

[othromas]

I was SDO the day an AF CV-22 came in and did a couple of "touch and goes" at Navy, which is a pretty loose term since it seemed to come nearly to a full stop each time. First time I'd ever seen one--the Marines were really excited, even though it was an AF plane.

 

[eddie]

even though it was an AF plane.

It's a plane?

 

[othromas]

Okay, ridiculously expensive flying Swiss Army knife that can hover. Happy?

 

[eddie]

Okay, ridiculously expensive flying Swiss Army knife. Happy?

I'm actually curious what the hell we're supposed to call it other than tilt-rotor.

 

[othromas]

I like mine better, but you're right.

 

[eddie]

I like mine better, but you're right.

Flying Machine???

Jeez, this is just like when Warren Miller decided that snowboarders and skiiers should unite and all be just "snow-riders..."

 

[raptor10]

Whats wrong with tilt-rotor? Thats what it is... don't try to gender type it

 

[othromas]

I called it a plane based on the rationale behind a curriculum change I'd heard is coming from a couple of the Marine studs. The Marine curriculum is cut nearly in half from what the Navy or AF kids do (they never do a Contact check/solo, only do a couple BI sims, etc.), and they do roughly half the rotary curriculum too. They're going to expand the curriculum here, though, to include nearly everything, because they're finding it's more turboprop than helicopter, and that's what they want to emphasize.

 

[phrogdriver]

That it is...an airplane that lands like a helo, not a helo that flies fast.

...but the correct term is still tiltrotor.

 

[UGA]

For those who have not seen this, here is a video of the osprey doing a roll:

Bad ass!

 

[phrogdriver]

I was SDO the day an AF CV-22 came in and did a couple of "touch and goes" at Navy, which is a pretty loose term since it seemed to come nearly to a full stop each time. First time I'd ever seen one--the Marines were really excited, even though it was an AF plane.

There've been a lot more Ospreys around there than just the USAF.

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