All things MV-22 Osprey

[phrogdriver]

Couldn't you just walk to the back and use a gatorade bottle or something?

Why walk to the back?

I haven't had to use the Gatorade bottle trick with a female copilot, though. "You've got the scan from 9 to 12, AND DON'T SCAN PAST THE 12!"

 

[insanebikerboy]

Why walk to the back?

I haven't had to use the Gatorade bottle trick with a female copilot, though. "You've got the scan from 9 to 12, AND DON'T SCAN PAST THE 12!"

Why, you afraid that she'll see it and laugh?

 

[hscs]

Or not see anything?

 

[skidz]

He's a former Phrog guy... Probably the real reason is so that she doesn't get so enthralled with its massive length and girth that she can't operate the aircraft safely...

I thought you needed big balls to fly one of those bolt buckets. Are you confusing the ammo with the gun?

 

[skidz]

Haha. I should have used a smilie in there.

 

[bert]

I had a female H2P use a gatorade bottle in a 60S without making a mess. I think she wins on degree of difficulty alone.

 

[insanebikerboy]

Can't remember if it was on here or where but I heard a story about a female Prowler NFO taking a crap in a helmet bag while in flight. Now that would take the cake.

 

[MasterBates]

Dumb question:

If you crap in the prowler, are you stuck with the crap until you land?

In the Helo, it would be jettisoned. Not sure how that's done in the E2C2 world.

If I ever think I will hit that point, I will go Astro-Nut style and just use depends.

 

[Flugelman]

Crap in a P-3 and you get to empty the honey bucket, AND buy the crew a case of beer. (At least it usta be that way.) We watched the FE crap his flightsuit trying to make it to the head in the terminal in Barbados because he refused to crap in the plane.

 

[Flash]

Dumb question:

If you crap in the prowler, are you stuck with the crap until you land?

In the Helo, it would be jettisoned. Not sure how that's done in the E2C2 world.

If I ever think I will hit that point, I will go Astro-Nut style and just use depends.

Hand it off to ECMO 3, they aren't doing anything else......

 

[Goober]

...In the Helo, it would be jettisoned. Not sure how that's done in the E2C2 world.

If no pax, you might get away w/ it in the COD (open the back...maybe). No such luck in the Hummer. Apparently it was tried once (flinging the bag out the CIC ditching hatch). It supposedly impacted one of the vert stabs with imaginable results. Since the AEC has a pressure bulkhead, it can be stashed in its bag next to the metal skin. High altitude temps have a way of solidifying things to keep the other 4 guys from strangling the perpetrator. Can only imagine if there was heat back there... There'd be an E-2 coming back w/ 4 souls on board.

 

[Flathatter13]

Osprey deployment (to self deploy or not...)

In reversal of prior announcement that Ospreys will self deploy to Iraq.....

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2956739&C=america

 

[raptor10]

Gosh darned whining babies, it's not like someone found out that it can't self deploy, it's just cheaper, safer, and less demanding on the airframes not to in this particular instance. They are getting paid for results, not fashion statements...

 

[insanebikerboy]

Wow, I didn't realize the Corps already had 52 tilt-rotors, especially considering they've been asking some current Osprey studs to consider switching out of that pipeline to pure helos.

 

[jamnww]

Wow, I didn't realize the Corps already had 52 tilt-rotors, especially considering they've been asking some current Osprey studs to consider switching out of that pipeline to pure helos.

Thats probably because the other platforms are hurting right now for personnel and not because of any indication that the MV-22s are going away.