Hercules and Ospreys today

[gliderkev]

I dont know wether any of our transatlantic friends read this, but the formation near Frinton on Sea today was wonderful to see and its cause brought a lump to my throat..
Well done!

[RAFEngO74to09]

Great video here getting airborne from RAF Mildenhall and forming up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE3rDOwbhQI

[SASless]

Thank You!

[tartare]

That is very impressive.
Lovely blue note.

[MPN11]

Indeed impressive. Well done, USAF.

[Chris Kebab]

That is very impressive; a great flypast. Good show.

Far prefer that one-package flypast from a spectator pov as opposed to those where they come in elements (often comprising a singleton) seemingly ages apart although I do understand why sometimes the latter approach has to be adopted.

[chopper2004]

I dont know wether any of our transatlantic friends read this, but the formation near Frinton on Sea today was wonderful to see and its cause brought a lump to my throat..
Well done!

Over the last week or so, have seen the 352nd Special Ops Wing fly D Day formation with their MC-130J Combat Spears and CV-22 Ospreys. Was driving between Sawston and Duxford when saw the formation fly over).

Cheers

[NutLoose]

Not the best shot as heat haze, wrong lens etc, but this was them passing overhead Duxford on Sunday

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48013455007_8b9c339f98_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2g9MvpM)
US Flyby (https://flic.kr/p/2g9MvpM) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[unmanned_droid]

What an awesome flypast! Well done guys!!

[alfred_the_great]

The AFSOC Instagram feed has a very good video of them in formation.

[Steve Bond]

Superb, what a great tribute to all those brave men who lost their lives 75 years ago - well done Mildenhall!

[Stratnumberone]

A fabulous effort indeed from the USAF. It’s just a shame there were no T2s in there!

[SASless]

Did the RAF do anything similar to the USAF re D-Day festivities?

[NutLoose]

Yes........ But sadly it was about 75 years ago they did it.

[The AvgasDinosaur]

That’s twice this year that USAFE have put on very poignant and respectful flypasts. Somebody high up has got great appreciation and a marvellous sense of occasion.
Thank you guys and gals, thank you Sir or Ma’am.
Be lucky
David
P.S. As a point of curious can the Osprey take off conventionally if required or is the prop diameter prohibitive ?

[melmothtw]

P.S. As a point of curious can the Osprey take off conventionally if required or is the prop diameter prohibitive ?


Not fully conventionally, for the reason you stated, but a rolling vertical take-off (prop-rotors at about 45 degrees) is pretty standard. I've experienced it in the back with the ramp open, and it's quite sporty to say the least.

[dead_pan]

P.S. As a point of curious can the Osprey take off conventionally if required or is the prop diameter prohibitive ?

As one of the Bell personnel once informed me, yes they can providing you have a very narrow runway and 20 foot deep trench either side of it...

[The AvgasDinosaur]

Many thanks for your prompt courteous replies to my OT question.
Be lucky
David

[NutLoose]

I did ask at Farnborough one year (as they are carbon fibre) what would happen if they couldn't rotate to the vertical and they replied they would end up with lumps of carbon fibre string hanging from the rotor hubs.

[SASless]

What do you think?


http://www.aviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/V-22.jpg

[melmothtw]

What do you think?


http://www.aviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/V-22.jpg

Have never seen the proprotors in that position on the ground before. It seems like an accident waiting to happen, with someone inadvertently firing them up without checking.

[Chris Kebab]

So what happens if you come in to land and your "Angle The Blades to the Overhead" system fails? Does a guy in the back have to pull out a manual jack handle and start winding for half an hour?!

[sycamore]

No ,come to the vertical hover ,like a Chinook,then back down and rest on the bits at the back...climb out and let the `gingers` sort it out.....

[SASless]

Have never seen the proprotors in that position on the ground before. It seems like an accident waiting to happen, with someone inadvertently firing them up without checking.



One thing is for sure....only one engine will be started before they tweak to their mistake!

[etudiant]

One thing is for sure....only one engine will be started before they tweak to their mistake!
Think the two rotors are cross connected, so at least they will disassemble in a symmetrical fashion.

[pr00ne]

If you get in that thing and don't notice where the props are, you really shouldn't be flying anything!

[melmothtw]

If you get in that thing and don't notice where the props are, you really shouldn't be flying anything!

Because pilots don't make mistakes, and wouldn't necessarily needs be the pilot(s) that start it up.

[pr00ne]

Starting THAT in that mode would be a little more than a mistake, and I would go so far as to say not only should they not be flying or starting it, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it!

[Chris Kebab]

Probably on a par with walking out to a helicopter and starting it with the blades folded! Would imagine the Osprey design won't permit it to happen when in that position.