Japan protests to US over Okinawa 'assault'

[Oberon]

Well, to be fair, the Japanese in Okinawa have been trying to bring aircraft down on themselves lately...

No...seriously...

http://www.japantoday.com/category/n...sprey-aircraft

You can bet when the first Osprey goes into an apartment block with a kite around its prop then they'll say that it was the bad safety record of the Osprey that was at fault, not the fact that they are essentially trying to knock down US aircraft.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

It wouldn't surprize me that the kid knew some form of martial arts considering that three forms of martial arts come from Okinawa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_martial_arts

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Well, to be fair, the Japanese in Okinawa have been trying to bring aircraft down on themselves lately...

No...seriously...

http://www.japantoday.com/category/n...sprey-aircraft

You can bet when the first Osprey goes into an apartment block with a kite around its prop then they'll say that it was the bad safety record of the Osprey that was at fault, not the fact that they are essentially trying to knock down US aircraft.

The opposition is extremely over-hyped. the V-22, if kept maintained, performs safely and the soldiers flying it trust it. I think the people who actually fly the things have the most relevant opinion, rather than time magazine or the Okinawan people or these civies who are going based off circumstantial accidents that occurred because of pilot error or poor maintenance.

The Moroccan crash was reported to be because of pilot error, not because of the plane. I don't understand why people don't trust it. it is a remarkable aircraft, that statistically crashes less or on par with traditional helicopters and planes.


As for the story, it doesn't very complete. I don't think the man flew out the window of his own volition.