And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
One of those flew over the office today, and went up towards the lake. First time I've seen a beast like that hereabouts.
The Osprey is one of the most tragic federal governmental boondoggles ever perpetrated on America in the past half century. It continues to present problems that need multi-million-dollar fixes, and it continues to kill our unsuspecting Marines. It should never have been given the green light.
Wait until the real budget numbers come out on the Thunder Chicken... I mean F35 to you guys.... And they can be spotted by enemy radars by... wait for it - seeing where the blocked out signals from Starlink satellites are. Whoopsie. So much for stealth. Just watch for the shadow and chase that.
Interesting. There were 4 fighter jets leaving Knoxvegas airport yesterday. Flew in a 2x formation headed West. Couldn't tell what kind they were, but the sound from those jet engines is so distinctly different than the carriers jets, I knew right away they weren't civilian craft. Too high/far away by the time I spotted them. Probably F-18's. We get navy planes coming through for a top-off from time to time.
We see them not infrequently flying up the Hudson River in the NYC area . What surprises me is that they always seem to be flying with the rotors in the "Lift" orientation - isn't the whole rationale for the Osprey the fact that it can rotate the rotors for level flight ?
I'm so glad I retired before I ever had to ride in one of those. That's why the Marine pilots always have wheel barrows with them when flying that thing because it's the easiest way to carry their ball sack when they offload.
There is a component which has a failure rate of one in a thousand flight hours. Acceptable for commercial design is one in a hundred thousand. Recently a rotor gear failed and killed the crew. They skated for hours with a chip detector ping which was the kiss of death.
I saw a test platform take off and fly around the field and land again at the Bell facility in Fort Worth, mid to late 80's? They said they were going to take the aircraft back to a hanger and completely tear it down to examine for wear and tear. A few years later, the V-22 Osprey came into service.
I saw two fly over me at Lake Wenatchee last week. I had never seen even one in person in the air, usually it's F-18's flying out of Whidbey Island. Love-em!
The Osprey is one of the most tragic federal governmental boondoggles ever perpetrated on America in the past half century. It continues to present problems that need multi-million-dollar fixes, and it continues to kill our unsuspecting Marines. It should never have been given the green light.
ReplyDeleteagreed.
DeleteWait until the real budget numbers come out on the Thunder Chicken... I mean F35 to you guys.... And they can be spotted by enemy radars by... wait for it - seeing where the blocked out signals from Starlink satellites are. Whoopsie. So much for stealth. Just watch for the shadow and chase that.
DeleteI love the SOUND!
ReplyDeleteSeen em a couple times overhead coming out of Atterbury. Gangly lookin'.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. There were 4 fighter jets leaving Knoxvegas airport yesterday. Flew in a 2x formation headed West. Couldn't tell what kind they were, but the sound from those jet engines is so distinctly different than the carriers jets, I knew right away they weren't civilian craft. Too high/far away by the time I spotted them. Probably F-18's. We get navy planes coming through for a top-off from time to time.
ReplyDeleteWe see them not infrequently flying up the Hudson River in the NYC area . What surprises me is that they always seem to be flying with the rotors in the "Lift" orientation - isn't the whole rationale for the Osprey the fact that it can rotate the rotors for level flight ?
ReplyDeleteFew years ago we stayed in New Bern, NC and saw quite a few !!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME !!!!
You can see them flying at the factory at the Amarillo airport from time to time.
ReplyDeletePractice OPs, for the up coming festivities. Some might call it the "Troubles".
ReplyDeleteYou mean the "additional troops being sent to the Middle East" as was announced last Friday?
DeleteOne was stationed here years ago for cold weather testing, imagine that!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I retired before I ever had to ride in one of those. That's why the Marine pilots always have wheel barrows with them when flying that thing because it's the easiest way to carry their ball sack when they offload.
ReplyDeleteThe above comment, while intended to be funny, actually is a bit sad.
DeleteThere is a component which has a failure rate of one in a thousand flight hours. Acceptable for commercial design is one in a hundred thousand. Recently a rotor gear failed and killed the crew. They skated for hours with a chip detector ping which was the kiss of death.
ReplyDeleteI saw a test platform take off and fly around the field and land again at the Bell facility in Fort Worth, mid to late 80's? They said they were going to take the aircraft back to a hanger and completely tear it down to examine for wear and tear. A few years later, the V-22 Osprey came into service.
ReplyDeleteI saw two fly over me at Lake Wenatchee last week. I had never seen even one in person in the air, usually it's F-18's flying out of Whidbey Island. Love-em!
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