We got six V-22s in Spain now, so it's not too much trouble to fly one to Paris, so all our Generals can visit Paris, at least two of the six will be flight ready, which is about average.
http://helicopters.axlegeeks.com/l/24/Bell-BOEING-V-22-Osprey
V-22 Osprey approximate base price of this rotorcraft is $68 Million each, which is 820% more expensive than the average for its class.
President Barack Obama has also said he will veto any budget that keeps the spending caps in place.
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So tilt rotors are a “class” now? Class of one you mean.
TC
Yet he will gut the fighting men and women by 40K in the next 2 yrs. He’s already gutted several K, and reduced Tricare Prime and Tricare Life. We are having a hard time as Tricare Life/Medicare finding doctors, especially specialist that are willing to take the crappy paying health care.
Hubby is Ret. SCPO. With 2 SS checks and a Navy pension we exceed the VA $38K cap. Anything the VA does for him is under Disability, and that is on the very bottom end hearing aids and dentures. He worked the flight deck back in the 60-80’s when he had sea duty, and wasn’t teaching on base.
How many Marines have to die in this death trap before it is grounded for good?
Tilt rotors. 1,000,000 loose parts rotating around an oil leak.
Headline doesn’t match the article
These maintenance issues, I will have to read up on them.
But the tilt rotor has to be one of the safest aircraft for miles flown.
Helos don’t have the speed and the range.
I have seen countless helo crashes, some people walk away from some they don’t.
If you look at the Black Hawk, there have been a ton of deaths with this aircraft. When I was in, no one wanted to be on the Blackdeath machine (Main Rotor Gearbox Lockups), everyone wanted on Chinnocks or the Jolly Greens.
Even on the new CH-53K redesign, they are having trouble with this component.
Ultimately, we will be able to judge an aircraft by number of deaths related to mechanical failure per flight hour. But the number of miles traveled per flight hour in a tilt rotor is another important consideration.