Hootnanny
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"Although the Osprey has a smaller capacity of 25 troops in comparison to the CH-53 helicopter which can carry 55 troops, the V-22 can make three trips (75 troops landed) to every one made by the CH-53. The Osprey has faced development, technical, and political challenges but has become and will remain a very useful tool for military and coast guard application for years to come."
My last post didn't make it for some reason. Lets say a V-22 takes off from point A at the same time as a CH-53, both bound for B. After dropping off troops at B the V-22 returns to A, back to B, back to A and lands the third load at B just as the CH-53 lands. In order to do that the V-22 must fly the A-B distance five times.
That would be five times the speed of the CH-53, except you have to load and unload pax so it would be a bit worse than that, somewhere around the speed of sound.