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"Seeking Foreign Buyers For Osprey"
On Jun 13, 2:46?pm, wrote:
On Jun 13, 3:40 pm, "David E. Powell" wrote: On Jun 13, 5:28 pm, wrote: On Jun 13, 12:35 pm, Vince wrote: David E. Powell wrote: Overseas sales are a pipe dream except either to Saudi Arabia as a replacement bribe stream or to someone else subject to US pressure As Japan has considered F-22, maybe they think that Japan might want the Osprey as well. Search and Rescue, moving people about, etc.... it is inferior to helicopters for almost all such purposes. The Osprey is a one trick pony, and the trick is very expensive. It requires the power of a heavy lift helicopter to transport medium lift cargo in a very crowded cabin for such a big heavy vehicle the cabin is 68 inches wide, and 66.23 inches high, that is 5" 6" high and 5 foot 8"' wide Vince At a speed of 214 Kts and ceiling of 26,000 ft. it's going to be an easy shoot-down. I thought it was faster, but going low enough can be an anti-shootdown tactic too. Uh-huh..........that's what got a lot of choppers shot down in 'Nam. Saw one of them buzz a vacation town here in South Jersey a couple days back, did a buzz-over at the local airport, fun!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Anyone wanna take bets on the Ospreys going to Iraq in September? First loss due to combat, flying accident, or technical malfunction? Rob |
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