[Leica] V-22 Osprey

[RicCarter]

There was a plan to build an OLF here some years ago - the flight path would have been through Pocosin Lake NWR, winter home to hundreds of thousands of waterfowl. What could possibly go wrong?

Environmental concerns and resistance of community finally showed them what a crap idea it was. So, they fly to local airports and do their circles for an hour before leaving. Seems to work as a reasonable compromise.

The harrier had that historically bad run when they loosened the pilot qualifications. It was all about the trickiest part, going from vertical thrust to forward. More training and more stringent pilot qualification fixed that issue. Osprey has the same kink.

ric







> On Feb 6, 2022, at 6:25 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Was that convenience for the brass?  Practice is needed as there have been
> a lot of accidents that they want to blame on the pilots; it is a tricky
> aircraft and the exact performance profile of how to rotate is probably
> fairly complex and not completely automated.  From my pilot friends it is
> important to practice in the air you are going to be flying into.  One
> talked about flying in Quito with mountains all around and a shortish
> runway at 10,000 feet roughly and cold air.  You had a very narrow window
> of speed, approach, flap timing, and glide path.  Didn't sound like fun and
> he quit bidding on that route fairly quickly.  He much preferred the 18
> hours nonstop to Sydney or Cape Town.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 5:16 PM RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I think it’s a lot more about convenience to the bases than anything
>> else;^)
>> 
>> I think they practice this sucker a lot — maybe learned a lesson from the
>> Harriers
>> 
>> ric
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 6, 2022, at 5:47 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sorry about the noise.  I would think a better place to practice would be
>>> S. Korea or the northern islands of Japan.  Warm Carolina relatively
>>> speaking is not the same air as either the sands in the mideast, the
>>> conditions on the eurasian continent especially the steppes, or the
>>> northern pacific.  But what do I know.
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 12:08 PM RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> V-22 Osprey gallery at link:
>>>> https://2022.cartersxrd.net/2022.02.06.html
>>>> 
>>>> Ric Carter
>>>> www.home.CartersXRd.net
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter
>>>> 
>>>> -the world’s mosst careless typist-
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