What do you think of the V-22 Osprey?

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

It seems to be doing OK in Iraq:

The Dallas Morning News reported yesterday from Al-Asad in Iraq that VMM-263 Ospreys have logged 1,639 hours of flight time in Iraq, carrying 6,826 passengers and delivering 631,837 pounds of cargo "without a mishap or even a close call".


...VMM-263's commander, Lt-Col Paul Rock, said his unit had only been compelled to turn down tasks for lack of serviceable aircraft on "one or two" occasions over three months in theatre....

I hope it keeps up with this record. It's one program that deserves to be successful after all it's been through. -S

The Ospreys hadn't even passed the 2000 hour operating mark yet and they are celebrating? I'll grant it is safer than the steam generator on an early November, but to put it in perspective, if they had even a single crash this early in, it'll be extrapolated to 61 accidents over 100,000 flying hours, which is well in the criminal range for an aircraft...

Tell me when they had at least had 10,000 operational hours without a crash... the vibes I'm taking is that they are putting out a happy report ASAP, before the statistics catch up with them and they crash...