That was loud. 
Two crappy pics to follow.
That was loud.
Two crappy pics to follow.
Patiently waiting for two crappy pics...
OP delivers!
Bad motherberkeleyer.
That's awesome.
Awesome!
Did it leave scorch marks? I hear that happens sometimes.
No scorch marks, sorry to disappoint. It passed about 50 feet over my building and shook the whole motherberkeleyer, though!
I don't know about scorch marks, but the first time I heard one take off it certainly left skid marks...
Those things fly by the house sometimes. Camp Lejeune is not too far up the coast from here. Sometimes I hear fast movers heading up or down the coast as well, but I've yet to actually catch a glimpse of them.
fricken Awesome!
Neato!
T.J. wrote: Those things fly by the house sometimes. Camp Lejeune is not too far up the coast from here. Sometimes I hear fast movers heading up or down the coast as well, but I've yet to actually catch a glimpse of them.
Most are stationed out of MCAS New River.
My cousin's last command before retirement was there, and after one ride in the osprey, he refuses to set foot in one again. 
I grew up south of Wright-Patterson AFB and it was not unusual to get to see some cool stuff flying overhead.
Now I'm not far at all from Fort Hood so it's not uncommon to see some awesome helicopter formations flying overhead.
I feel lucky to get to see this stuff regularly.
Definitely a distinct sound to those things, every once in a while one will pass through town. I got to see a demonstration at an air show 2-3 years ago and it was pretty badass.
Crappy cell phone video from that airshow:
http://youtu.be/LLVZLZdhofg
Video of one landing:
http://www.indystar.com/videos/money/2014/11/05/18529205/
(same place?)
When we were flying relief supplies into Haiti after the earthquake, we were flying into a little island off the coast in our small private plane.
We got a little too close to a US Navy carrier, and an Osprey took off from the deck.
As we circled for our approach to the small beach landing strip, that bird stayed between us and the carrier no matter what we did.
Serious pucker factor!
slowride wrote: Video of one landing: http://www.indystar.com/videos/money/2014/11/05/18529205/ (same place?)
Yep. That was this morning, saw that landing.
The darker gray on the one in the photos makes me think that may be a USAF Osprey. Location of photos?
yamaha wrote:T.J. wrote: Those things fly by the house sometimes. Camp Lejeune is not too far up the coast from here. Sometimes I hear fast movers heading up or down the coast as well, but I've yet to actually catch a glimpse of them.Most are stationed out of MCAS New River. My cousin's last command before retirement was there, and after one ride in the osprey, he refuses to set foot in one again.
Having ridden in CH-53Ds and CH-46s as well as the Osprey... I wonder why the old farts are so scared of the V-22. Yes, it had problems in development, but an Osprey has never dribbled hydraulic fluid on me for an hour or vibrated me until my vision blurred. The rotor wash will knock your ass over, though, adds an extra interesting dimension to fast-roping out the back
It was green. Marines.
Location: Downtown Indianapolis.
They definitely have a unique sound.
In reply to jsquared:
FWIW, he flies things, fixed and flex.....but wanted nothing to do with the combination of both. 
All the safety issues with the V22 have to do with the flexible hydraulic fittings that let it do this:
wouldn't it be cool if they could do a high altitude drop from that configuration out of a C5? Push it out the back door at 30k feet and it straightens itself out in free fall and flies off?
Sorry. Too much sci-fi.
Maybe in Fast and Furious 8
Swank Force One wrote: It was green. Marines. Location: Downtown Indianapolis.
Interesting, I haven't seen a green one before, just the NAVMC sky bluish-gray.
yamaha wrote: In reply to jsquared: FWIW, he flies things, fixed and flex.....but wanted nothing to do with the combination of both.
That might explain it, the pilot has to know fluid dynamics for both fixed and rotary flight, on top of the weirdness they encounter during the nacelle rotation... which could cause some added stress while operating 
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