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  • Re: Military pauses Osprey flights again after more metal failures are

    From Oregonian Haruspex@21:1/5 to Auric Hellman on Fri Dec 13 07:03:43 2024
    Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of
    its fleet of V-22 Ospreys after weakened metal components possibly
    played a role in another near crash, the latest setback for an embattled aircraft whose safety problems have grown.

    The pause was recommended last week “out of an abundance of caution” by Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the head of Naval Air Systems Command, which runs
    the Osprey program for the military, said command spokeswoman Marcia Hart.

    The Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force are adhering to the recommended
    pause, each said in a statement to The Associated Press. The Marines
    said its pause began on Friday and would run at least through Monday.
    The other services are expected to maintain their pauses longer as they
    look at the cause of the metal failures.

    An in-depth investigation into the Osprey by The AP published last month found that safety issues have increased in the past five years, parts
    are wearing out faster than expected and that the design of the aircraft itself is directly contributing to many of the accidents. The Osprey can
    fly both like a helicopter and an airplane.

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    https://apnews.com/article/osprey-crash-grounding-metal-failures-0265c4622dcd62666cc5c440b5715192


    Another multi-billion dollar boondoggle



    Even the Nazis couldn’t get this stupid idea to work properly. And they
    were legends with aviation.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to no_email@invalid.invalid on Fri Dec 13 11:41:27 2024
    On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:03:43 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Even the Nazis couldn't get this stupid idea to work properly.

    It work fine on a Computer-Aided Design program

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to Auric Hellman on Sun Dec 15 07:34:29 2024
    On 2024-12-10, Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of
    its fleet of V-22 Ospreys after weakened metal components possibly
    played a role in another near crash, the latest setback for an embattled aircraft whose safety problems have grown.

    That vehicle is a legendary widow-maker. Cool idea, but I can't think
    of a single military aircraft responsible for more deaths than the
    Osprey.

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