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It’s often said Osprey flies like a plane and lands and takes off like a helicopter – but that is both a cliché and an understatement that hides the synergy that comes from combining both. This aircraft today twisted, turned, climbed and dove like no helicopter or turboprop transport ever could. One could almost imagine the frustrated missile and RPG firers below the random flight paths it followed, desperately trying to get in their shot but unable to get the necessary tracking solution. In truth, though, the aircraft here is not performing to its maximum potential. Back home at New River, NC., where rehearsals are actively underway for the first ‘go-to-war’ MV-22B squadron (VMM 263) , pilots routinely take the aircraft further into the flight envelope. On a scale of one to ten, officials said, the Farnborough pair are about a five to six, the result of mainly airspace restrictions (they don’t have airspace rules for tiltrotors), but also because company test pilots - rather than USMC line pilots – are at the controls for various reasons having to do with airshow flights overseas. -HJC |
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