Just had 4 very low passes by Osprey

[cvavon]

They moved some Osprey to BNA in Nashville because of Hurricane i saw this on the news this morning well about 5pm my house shook and one made a pass over air port Oh i live on short final for 20 at 0m3 well he had an audience and made 3 more one in hover mode at 20ft agl and 2 more in flight mode fast all together spent about 30 min around my airport Was to cool Chuck

[avenger1949]

Re: Just had 4 very low passes by Osprey

and no pictures....

[cvavon]

Re: Just had 4 very low passes by Osprey

At that time was so excited to see it did not think of photos was so cool when he did the hover pass at 20 ft agl but so loud my house shook

[jim cooper]

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Have not kept up with the Osprey. Not much news available on: 1. current accidents. current fatalities. Cost of operation. I remember reading that the Marine Generals pushed for this aircraft until they got it. Then a couple crashed killing quite a few troops, Several pilots commenting that it was not ready for showtime by a long shot. It would seem that it presents a much bigger target as it lands than the conventional helicopter and would be highly vunerable to ground fire. It carrys more troopers, so consequently more would parish. I NEVER see it in combat TV photos or reports. Anyone up on this? (typically news is scarce if a project turns out to be a turkey.) JC

[Bird]

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Remember seeing accident reports that called for change in operating procedures, think the last accident was caused by 2nd craft getting caught in rotorwash from 1st, and also there is a steep deadmans curve at low airspeed and alt.