View Full Version : V-22 Osprey just flew past my window
I've never seen one here in the Springs.
http://files.air-attack.com/MIL/v22/v22_header.jpg
thvigil11
11-19-2014, 15:37
Get them regularly down here. Coming up out of Cannon AFB I think.
muddywings
11-19-2014, 15:46
They've done CSAR demos at USAF Academy for the past few years, last one was a few weeks ago. Usually with a two flight of A-10s and some Pavehawks.
mtnrider
11-19-2014, 16:03
I've seen them around here a few times over the past few months.
He made three passes - 2nd pass in helicopter mode - sweet!
I work just West of Peterson AFB - get to see some cool stuff fly by my window on occasion.
I love watching these things. And the super stallion helicopters, those things are beasts
clublights
11-19-2014, 19:51
Get them regularly down here. Coming up out of Cannon AFB I think.
Kirtland AFB AKA Albuquerque . Training base for maintainers and flyers.
OtterbatHellcat
11-19-2014, 20:37
That's neato, Davsel
Saw one fly into Centennial a few weeks back. Was pretty impressive to see it coming in in landing mode (rotors tilted halfway vertical) while I was sitting at a stop light about 3/4 mile south of the runway. Loud bastards.
Nice flying machines, quirky and complex with lots of moving parts but, very cool!
Nice flying machines, quirky and complex with lots of moving parts but, very cool!
The fewer, the better. Great pic
clublights
11-19-2014, 22:44
Nice flying machines, quirky and complex with lots of moving parts but, very cool!
It's said that Helicopters ( and Vertol like the V-22) are a formation of parts flying to the scene of the crash ..
Go out in the yard and see if you can find any pieces of it.
thvigil11
11-20-2014, 09:29
Kirtland AFB AKA Albuquerque . Training base for maintainers and flyers.
Your reply got me curious. A call to a friend cleared it up last night. Apparently the 71st SOS is operating the 22 out of Kirkland and the 20th SOS is flying out of Cannon. I got curious since we have traditionally been in the flyway of stuff out of Cannon, (used to love the F-111's coming through). So apparently about 1/3 of the AF's V-22's are based out of New Mexico... The more you know.
The fewer, the better. Great pic
I just lifted the pic from the web - in case someone didn't know what a V-22 was.
We had one fly over the foothills going North to South this summer. My guess is Cheyenne to Colorado Springs but strictly guessing as we don't see them too much around here. In fact that was the first and only time I've seen one flying overhead here.
TheBelly
11-20-2014, 14:55
Nope. Nope. Nope.
I won't get on one. I had to help clean up one: http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/cv-22-osprey-crashes-in-afghanistan.html
they ARE neat. I refuse to fly in one.
thvigil11
11-20-2014, 15:01
There used to be a dark joke going around about how the Osprey killed more Marines than the Iraqi Army.
Not trying to make light of servicemen's deaths.
HoneyBadger
11-20-2014, 15:46
The father of my freshman year roomate worked on integrating the mechanical systems for Ospreys for about 6 years. He quit after two big accidents in 2000. He wasn't responsible for the accidents, but he told me that he didn't want to be responsible for the next one. He also told me that, unless I needed med-evac, I should probably find a different ride.
Statistically, Ospreys have a pretty good record in comparison to other aircraft. 36 total deaths from a handful of accidents. 30 deaths from just 3 of those accidents.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
I won't get on one. I had to help clean up one: http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/cv-22-osprey-crashes-in-afghanistan.html
they ARE neat. I refuse to fly in one.
4 dead isn't that bad for a big ass helicopter crashing to Earth.
TEAMRICO
11-20-2014, 20:24
Seen them a few times here in COS. I tell the kids I will by them a soda or candy if they can ID it!!!
Nobody has named it yet.
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