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03-25-2007, 12:31 AM
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#166 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country:  | And I can't wait to hear you tell us about it.
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03-25-2007, 01:04 PM
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#167 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Yeap good luck!
I think she will turn into a great aircraft and great design. She just needs some more time in my opinion. Having said that now is better than never to start fielding them.
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09-30-2007, 06:21 PM
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#168 | | Senior Member
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Country: | The first MV-22 Osprey squadron - VMM-263 "Thunder Chickens" deployed to Iraq last week. Hopefully this will be the first of many successful MV-22 deployments.
I don't know if anyone caught the recent article in that terrible magazine TIME - they hammered the Osprey in it. Not to mention - the guy that wrote the article was a moron with no idea of how the military works or regarding aviation in general.
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09-30-2007, 06:24 PM
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#169 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Good news for u Jarheads Kloby... About time they got her into combat and shut up those meatballs and naysayers...
And we u really surprised by the Time article??? I mean seriously, its Time Magazine...
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09-30-2007, 07:10 PM
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#170 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | I know you can't wait to get into the right seat of the Osprey, Matt. Just
take it easy. You still have four more helo flights to do, first.
Best of everything...
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09-30-2007, 07:42 PM
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#171 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Good article in the last issue of Smithsonian Air & Space Mag; I guess the Osprey is classified by the FAA as being neither rotary wing, nor fixed wing, it's in a class of it's own (so far). They say fixed-wing training is actually more applicable than rotary-wing training.
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10-27-2007, 07:00 PM
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#172 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Here are some crappy pics from my cell phone of the Osprey - getting some more from the digital camera in a couple days.
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10-27-2007, 08:37 PM
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#173 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | Matthew..... Go for it, man !! The best of everyting in all you do !!
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10-28-2007, 07:05 AM
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#174 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Very cool thanks for the pics man. Cant wait to see some more.
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10-28-2007, 04:44 PM
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#175 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I've seen several flying over my campus, my friends thought I was going into a seizure. Seeing it fly over front-tilt was really cool. I've never heard anything like it, it's just sort of a "whooooosh" sound.
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10-29-2007, 05:21 PM
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#176 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I saw another Osprey again today. Does anyone know why they would have a prolonged stay in my neck of the woods in College Station, TX? We're sort of close-ish to Fort Hood but not close enough to constantly see flyovers. Mkloby, do you have any idea? There can't be that many out there and I'm wondering why one has been staying here.
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10-29-2007, 06:23 PM
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#177 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Boeing Bell Helicopter.
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10-29-2007, 08:52 PM
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#178 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Matt may be right - could be a cross country... could be going down to Corpus to show the flight studs... I'd probably side w/ Matt, though.
Here are some more pics from the other day.
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10-29-2007, 09:12 PM
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#179 | | Senior Member
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Country: | It sure is slick with props forward, that's for damn sure.
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10-29-2007, 09:41 PM
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#180 | | Senior Member
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Country: | man... what a monster.. Looks like sumthin outta "Starship Troopers"!
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