VTOL

12 Responses to VTOL

1. xaldinlancer (UID# 1057) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 3:06 am

   V-22 Osprey?

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2. general-x (UID# 1334) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 3:58 am

   Indeed. Ain’t she a beautiful sight.

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3. wookie_x (UID# 962) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 4:55 am

   There are several of these stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. They go flying over the city, making the most distinctive sound of any aircraft out here.

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4. ohmybob (UID# 464) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 5:27 am

   wtf. I live close to Fort Bragg/Pope AFB in NC and I’ve seen all kinds of weird crap, but never one of these.

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5. illuminatus (UID# 1218) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 6:06 am

   Wasn’t this thing a bit defective? Read about a couple of incidents which made it a bit of a flying brick.

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6. medic350 (UID# 551) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 7:22 am

   From this week’s issue of Time, The Osprey: A Flying Shame.

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7. caio (UID# 104) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 7:53 am

   But it *looks* almost as cool as the B-2 Spirit, which I’m pretty sure is the point of most of those things.

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8. whiskeytango (UID# 187) 0  0

   October 9, 2007 at 9:00 am

   I work about a mile from Kirtland AFB and these things fly over my office multiple times a day. They’re pretty cool and, as Wookie_X stated, they’ve got the most distinctive sound. They sound like a cross between a prop plane and a helicopter.

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9. egnilk66 (UID# 573) 0  0

   

   October 9, 2007 at 9:54 am

   @ WhiskeyTango

   Maybe…just maybe….that’s because they are….

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10. madmutant (UID# 602) 0  0

    October 9, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    I see these old boys fly over my house all the time..they make em right here in amarillo tx at the Bell Helicopter plant.

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11. mrpsychic (UID# 276) 0  0

    October 9, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    One of the worst planes ever made….

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12. silver (UID# 1139) 0  0

    October 9, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    I read some where that they wanted to make a four rotor version. I could be wrong but if any one has more intel I would like to know more.

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