To: ASA Vet
Don’t know about that.
But I do know two non-active Marines who say its a death trap.
6 posted on
07/12/2007 12:01:49 PM PDT by
NucSubs
(Rudy Giuliani 2008! Our liberal democrat is better than theirs!)
To: NucSubs
Still infinitely safer than the “breaks up in flight” (Station 410 failure) or “suddenly stops flying” (engine failure - forget about autorotation because it’s not going to happen) CH-46 that it’s replacing.
At least the Osprey has the possibility of gliding.
22 posted on
07/12/2007 12:57:29 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: NucSubs
To: NucSubs
Oh to have been there.....There is absolutely nothing like a full deck of aircraft waiting for the order to launch at the same time.
51 posted on
07/13/2007 5:00:57 AM PDT by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: NucSubs
But I do know two non-active Marines who say its a death trap. So is the Space Shuttle. They still fly it anyway
94 posted on
08/13/2007 4:57:09 AM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
(Open Season rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI)
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