Re: V22 Osprey

From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Dec 28 2000 - 13:46:48 MST


Spike Jones wrote:
>
> The V22 Osprey tilt rotor will be a big leap forward in the
> convenience of travel within cities, if the Boeing guys
> manage to work out the inherent difficulties with the
> craft. Skyscrapers could have one on the roof, or they
> could hop from one large building to the next in a kind
> of air taxi service.
>
> A couple weeks ago, during the height of the presidential
> election debacle, an Osprey crashed, killing all four propels
> aboard. Unlike the previous V22 crash, the news media
> scarcely mentioned the tragic event, nor did they say anything
> much about the fact that the pilot was the one person who
> had more time at the controls than anyone.
>
> http://www.tcpalm.com/breaking/national/p0304.shtml
>
> Now then, question please: how many of those of you who
> are aircraft fans heard about the accident? I talked to several
> guys who knew nothing about it. I find this remarkable that
> such an important story went largely unnoticed.

I heard about it, and I heard that witnesses said it was flying 'nape of
the earth'. I'm beginning to think that this craft is not so hot for
such work, and the props are so wide that pilots are not used to dealing
with such a large rotor plane. If the pilots were copter pilots
originally, I imagine they are just flying too close to the trees and
are kacking themselves up.



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