Loose Bolts Ground V-22 Ospreys; Four Aircraft in Iraq Will NeedFixes

On Mar 26, 6:38*am, "Curt" wrote:
"Vincent Brannigan" wrote in message

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vaughn wrote:
"Jack Linthicum" wrote in message
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Compromising control of the rotor sounds like a fatal crash to me. I
have seen *military blogs that say that all of the production must be
finished and accepted before the first major accident can occur.
Wishing or making sure?

* *This is the type of stuff that happens with any new aircraft. *We
"learn by doing". *With something as complex and as "different" as the
Osprey, we will probably see a significant list of these issues. *And
yes, some of them will probably cause accidents before the learning is
all over.

Vaughn

"new" *? *any idea how long this sucker has been teething?

First flight was 19 March 1989

20 years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep making excuses for the turkey

Vince

I guess this means the C-130 a turkey as well. *'course, it's only been
flying since 1956.
"Inspections of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft ... are turning up cracks in
the nuts and bolts used to attach the wings to the planes' fuselages. The
order to inspect the fleet came late Thursday after cracks were found in
some upper wing joint barrel nuts. As a result, the U.S. Air Force has
ordered that every C-130 in the nation's 600-plane fleet be checked, which
includes the older..."
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Curt
KVPS

There is a discernible difference between a device that has been used
successfully for that 53 years and is now showing signs of that age
and a device which shows signs of age without being old.