I’d like to think they know more about the crash than is being publicly released. Otherwise, it’s just COVID lockdowns all over again.
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CMV-22B Osprey Rollout
- Thread starter Ozarky
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Highly recommend “The Dream Machine” as a balanced and nuanced look into the Osprey program to date:
The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey https://a.co/d/2DfP9ml
I had an ROTC CO who was good friends with the (test) pilot flying the V-22 test that was dramatically caught on video crashing and killing everyone in the 1990s. I think that particular mishap set the stage for a lot of bad press over the years. Obviously they have been flying 100s of thousands of hours mishap free too. Look at the H-60 mishaps, of all variants, over the years. I just watched a video about some REFORGER exercise in the 1980s. Guess what? A Blackhawk crashed in the middle of it. Whirly birds are dangerous.
Can't concur enough.
IIRC, the biggest two news-making crashes of the V-22 were the ferry flight with test pilots onboard and the Marana event.
The first was a Final Destination-like sequence: hyd fluid leak in nacelle, with no effect until they transitioned to hover and fluid dribbled down towards hot exhaust.
Marana might have had engineering contributors, but was more human-factor-ish. Sadly there were many Marines in board, so the crash was bigger news than a typical rotary crash with 3-4 aircrew.
Reading “Dream Machine” on Kodak’s recommendation and it opens with early inventors who pursued rotorcraft believing they would be safer than conventional aircraft.
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Well done guys.
C-27Js are grounded too. From what I hear, they're a bit of a maintenance nightmare.
www.forbes.com
Structural Cracks Ground All U.S. Coast Guard C-27J Spartan Patrol Aircraft
In a blow to Pacific security, the U.S. Coast Guard has grounded all its Leonardo C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft due to structural fatigue cracks.
www.forbes.com
It's too bad for USCG as these were touted as a low risk win-win. It seems nothing is free!C-27Js are grounded too. From what I hear, they're a bit of a maintenance nightmare.
Structural Cracks Ground All U.S. Coast Guard C-27J Spartan Patrol Aircraft
In a blow to Pacific security, the U.S. Coast Guard has grounded all its Leonardo C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft due to structural fatigue cracks.
I frequently see plain white C-27's on the ramp here with no registration or insignia save for a small US flag on the vert stab. The crews I see in base ops are in styling golf shirts.
YikesC-27Js are grounded too. From what I hear, they're a bit of a maintenance nightmare.
Structural Cracks Ground All U.S. Coast Guard C-27J Spartan Patrol Aircraft
In a blow to Pacific security, the U.S. Coast Guard has grounded all its Leonardo C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft due to structural fatigue cracks.
Leonardo, issued an Alert Service Bulletin directing users to inspect for cracks in the upper rear of the aircraft, where the Spartan’s horizontal and vertical stabilizers attach to the fuselage.
According to a Coast Guard spokesperson, all 14 C-27J aircraft in the inventory “have been inspected and have cracks of varying degrees.”
Go look closer. I bet you’ll find an N-number that’s just a very slight different color of white. Those dudes are some interesting cats.
From a training stand point, numerous ways around that. Anything from waiver for min currency requirements to offloading part or all of the squadron for day/night warm ups depending on the length. Kind of like when TACAIR dudes pop on CQs, but less cataclysmic.
Operationally - 53s and H-1s get a bigger work load and reduced reach (Common sense). Huge impact. PMC life gets shittier. F-35 dudes enjoy a clean deck cycle for a period of time. Airboss is less angry. Osprey dudes play copious amounts of XBox and do nothing. Generally speaking, everyone is much happier.
Until Big Iron and the 60s get raw dogged into phase
C-27Js are grounded too. From what I hear, they're a bit of a maintenance nightmare.
Structural Cracks Ground All U.S. Coast Guard C-27J Spartan Patrol Aircraft
In a blow to Pacific security, the U.S. Coast Guard has grounded all its Leonardo C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft due to structural fatigue cracks.
I like your new avatar
The world adopted widespread use of rotorcraft though, so clearly their benefits out weighed their drawbacks.
