 | 'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread| Aviation Videos Discuss 'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread in the World War II - Aviation forums; The V22 has had a chequered career so far. Several have been lost including the one shown in this clip. ... |
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10-18-2005, 11:41 AM
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| Osprey crash - not for the faint-hearted
The V22 has had a chequered career so far. Several have been lost including the one shown in this clip. It is totally destroyed even though it looks like they'll make it. So watch it if you don't mind seeing expensive machinery being rendered into scrap. | 
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10-18-2005, 11:49 AM
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#92 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Yep, the Osprey is a real piece of work. That thing seems to have killed more Marines than the Vietcong.
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10-18-2005, 11:59 AM
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| I wouldn't get it one.
However, the world needs something to fill the gap between the helicopter and the turboprop / C130 etc. I was thinking how useless we really are the other day. All this technology and yet because the roads are out and weather bad we can't get aid in to help the quake victims in Pakistan. We need a supersonic transport that can carry and paradrop a bulldozer or two to create a runway for the follow on airlift to get in.
Then there was old Capirossi at the Oz Moto GP. Because he had some fluid drained from his lung after a crash he could not get back to Europe in time for the next race - all of today's airliners require high altitude flight and the pressurisation would injure him! Have to go on a boat... but that would take weeks! Gawd.
Also I reckon we need a small supersonic bizjet so world leaders (or SAS) can get to meetings or trouble spots ASAP. Imagine Blair popping over to see GWB in the back seat of a Tornado! Mind you that was reputedly not as good as Concorde for sustained supersonic flight.
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10-18-2005, 12:08 PM
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#94 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Yep. There are some gaps in the coverage for some items, but I think the Osprey should have been canned a long time ago.
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10-18-2005, 12:26 PM
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| Yeah. Funny how they keep spending on the V22 but junked the Comanche. | |
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10-18-2005, 12:39 PM
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#96 | | "Shooter"
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10-18-2005, 12:44 PM
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| C130 dispenses flares
Short clip to complete today's trio - a C130 shows how many flares it can carry. Not a good idea to dispense like this at night methinks! | |
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10-18-2005, 12:51 PM
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#98 | | "Shooter"
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10-18-2005, 01:33 PM
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10-18-2005, 02:20 PM
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| oops wrong tv file!
Let's try again! | |
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10-18-2005, 02:22 PM
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#101 | | "Shooter"
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10-18-2005, 02:36 PM
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10-18-2005, 03:36 PM
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| Cheers chaps! | |
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10-18-2005, 04:14 PM
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Country: | Excellent video's. I've seen the tragic Osprey one before. I have to disagree on scrapping the project. It's a new design, a new point in aviation and it should be kept with. After all it's a mechanical design now in practice and no longer in theory, once in practice it's almost always certain it can be perfected. Think about the first introductions of the jet engine. They killed a lot of people and a lot of things went wrong but they stuck with it and now it's the only viable propulsion system with a combination of economy and speed.
And I have heard that the RAH-66 program is only on stand-by, not actually abandoned.
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10-18-2005, 04:41 PM
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#105 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | I've heard the same thing about the RAH-66.
An Ospery was being tested at CFB Shearwater last year, not far from where I live. It was a series of USMC tests to do with colder northern ocean air. I'd see and hear it flying over the harbour quite often. Quite a machine.
Great set of vids, Roy. All of 'em.  | |
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