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Marines fight for $48 billion high-tech air fleet
(EXCERPT) Staggering costs, fatal crashes have plagued vertical take-off LESLIE WAYNE NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md.— In the clear summer sky, the V-22 Osprey was showing its stuff. It went backward, zoomed at an angle, hovered close to the ground and then shot straight up into the air. Buck Rogers himself couldn't have created a more dramatic sight: a hybrid craft, half helicopter and half airplane, that danced in the sky and appeared to defy the laws of aerodynamics. It was exactly the performance the Marine Corps wanted to show. After 20 years in development, the Marines, with the Osprey's contractors, Boeing and the Bell Helicopter subsidiary of Textron, are in a final push to gain Pentagon approval for the Osprey, an aircraft as high in promise as in problems. The government has spent more than $12 billion (U.S.) on the Osprey, which has suffered three fatal crashes in test flights, leading to the deaths of 30 people, 26 of them Marines. Still, the Marines are determined, and they see the Osprey as crucial to their mission in the world. "It won't be long before everyone wants one of these," said Col. Daniel Schultz, the V-22 program manager. "It's the promise of the future.'' The Osprey, which can take off like a helicopter and fly like a... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 07 Jul 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=970599119419 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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