V-22 Defender Strikes + V-22 Assessment by a Ret. Naval Aviator
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:41:33 -0000, Minnesota Fats
wrote:
twenty-four (24) tethers required to safely
secure one lightweight specially designed wheeled vehicle. Over three
to seven minutes have been required in OPEVAL demos to unhitch and
clear all tethers -- forcing the aircraft to remain on deck in a
highly vulnerable configuration, without sufficient self protection
(as reported in the Time article) for a dangerously long time.
That long to take a knife to a couple dozen pieces of rope?
Casady
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