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MV-22 Osprey - Parachute Operations with CLB-24 Marines

Marines with the Air Delivery Attachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 24,
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Air Delivery Platoon, Combat
Logistics Regiment 27, spent the day conducting air delivery operations
training at Landing Zone Falcon, March 13, 2012. The training certified
the 24th MEU in air delivery operations for their upcoming deployment.


Added: Mar-17-2012 
By: MilitaryNotes
In: Other News, Weapons, Sports, Science and Technology
Tags: V22 Osprey, MV-22, USMC
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  • I love how the osprey turned into a C-130 and back into an Osprey again...

    Also how the men entered the Osprey then parachuted back to earth in a box...

    lol.

    Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
    calvin-2 (136.84)  

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  • Looks like fun.

    I'd like to jump out of one. I doubt they'd let civvys do it though :-(

    Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
    dorbie (2541.30)

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    • @dorbie That would be my first instinct if I ever wound up in one. They may very well hold the record for number of fatalities per hour of flight in non combat situations.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      TMoray1 (781.66)  

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    • @TMoray1 5 fatal crashes between 1991 and 2010, the crash in 2010 was the first in 10 years.

      The most deadly crash was clear pilot error with a descent rate that massively exceeded guidelines. Evidence suggests they're actually less susceptible to vortex ring induced stalls than helos.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      dorbie (2541.30)

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  • That's a nice looking aircraft, I've flown one in Call of Duty.

    It would be real nice to parachute out of a real one. Much coolness.

    Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
    Brian Stewart (166.50)

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  • Osprey, brought to you by Rube Goldberg Engineering. Pre-flight check list: 1. Parachute, 2. Underwear, 3. Shirt and pants, 4. Shoes and socks, 5. Check to be sure you have parachute.

    Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
    TMoray1 (781.66)  

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  • The osprey is the poster child for defense spending run amok. Despite failure after failure in design and testing and a rising body count from fatalities during testing, the government kept throwing money at it until it was airborne. Stupid war machine. UAV's with hellfires were game changers. This thing is an albatross, pun intended.

    Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
    thirstyschaivo (276.10)

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    • @thirstyschaivo Bollocks. Pilot error caused many of the problems due to transitioning AC types and very clear violations of the flight envelope.

      The V-22 is an amazing AC and I'm glad it wasn't dreailed by political opponents and teething problems.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      dorbie (2541.30)

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    • @dorbie

      amazing???..it restricted to only certain areas of combat..its easy to blame pilot errors but you know they designed a computer to assist the pilot land this thing because even the most skilled pilots says its unstable at low power.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      gizmo8 (482.16)  

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    • @dorbie Uh, no. Most were caused by mechanical failure. It is still having problems.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      david2dogs (248.56)  

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    • @david2dogs Clearly you are unfamiliar with the details of the fatal crashes.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      dorbie (2541.30)

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    • @dorbie Clearly you have no clue. I work for the Navy. On aircraft. I've read some of the reports on the crashes. So yes, I am familiar with the details.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      david2dogs (248.56)  

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  • this heliplane has to be the biggest lemon the US army ever designed...10 years behind schedule and cost over run of over 1 billion dollars.The weight it suppose to carry has been reduced by 2000lbs since when the wing tilts to become plane causes the heliplane to drastically dip by over 10 meters unless the pilot goes full throttle when doing so but he cant do that if the landing area is surrounded by trees or mountains so it must land in wide open spaces..

    Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
    gizmo8 (482.16)  

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    • @gizmo8, yes, you are right. 10 years behind and tons of money, but we build stuff others only dream of...BTW, the US Army doesn't fly Ospreys.

      Posted Mar-17-2012 By 
      MilitaryNotes (127.90)  

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