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mkloby
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Class A is 1mil or more in damage, but also a fatality regardless of damage...
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Thought you guys might want to see this. Rather interesting. According to this chart only the development lifecycle has been longer. As I recall (at least a few years ago), a Class A is $1M or more damage.
From THE HELICOPTER PAGE
Class A is 1mil or more in damage, but also a fatality regardless of damage...
I can foresee it as useful for fast assault missions where you get the speed of a plane and the hover ability of a helicopter. Anti-drugs missions perhaps... Rapid Response Counter-terrorism perhaps... Probably won't be long before it shows up in other liveries such as Police Departments...
England and Isreal have expressed interest in buying the Osprey but no official orders have been placed.
yes i've not heard anything about it either, i see no great need for us having them.............
Sorry but I haven't heard a squeak about this anywhere and to be honest I doubt if we would go for it.
We have the new nuclear subs being ordered, Aircraft carriers, Typhoon and the F35 to pay for whilst we cannot afford decent ammo for our HMG's, enough protection for the soldiers and the Para's are likely not to be trained in parachuting until 2012 to save money.
To cap it all, believe it or not our new Scotish regiments don't have enough kilts to go around and they are having to share.
To say we are going to go for the Osprey sounds like a whistle in the wind.
Bell did develop a commercial tilt wing aircraft, the "609." I don't think it went anywhere...
The big problem with "Tilt Wing" in the civilian world is how you certificate the aircraft. Is it a helicopter or airplane? I know the Feds here in the US were going nuts over this and the last I heard they were making a tilt wing class and category for the aircraft and pilot's rating.
It's almost as rare as an ATP Blimp rating!I was talking to the FAA guy that runs our mil comp exams over in Pensacola, and he said that the FAA is issuing a specific tiltrotor rating for that type of A/C. Good thing about this program for me is that i'll score Single Engine land, multi engine land, rotor, tilt-rotor, and instrument ratings... talk about expensive training!