Boeing Osprey VTOL
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ukaskew said:
Three flew over our house (in Wiltshire) a few months back, which I thought was quite far from anywhere they would normally operate.
They sound like nothing else, even the wife noticed.
Probably some form of joint training exercise. They were "playing" on the Isle Of Wight towards the end of last year.They sound like nothing else, even the wife noticed.
Trevatanus said:
As for Mildenhall closing, in light of the US announcing yesterday that they were to quadruple military spending in Europe, I wouldn't take that as read yet.
To quote the magazine I did in my last post again, it claims the V-22 Sqn in Mildenhall will continue to build until the two Sqn's are at "Full Operating Capability" then they will move to Spangdahlem in Germany. Doesn't mention any timescales though, nor if that will signal the closure of Mildenhall.Brigand said:
Trevatanus said:
As for Mildenhall closing, in light of the US announcing yesterday that they were to quadruple military spending in Europe, I wouldn't take that as read yet.
To quote the magazine I did in my last post again, it claims the V-22 Sqn in Mildenhall will continue to build until the two Sqn's are at "Full Operating Capability" then they will move to Spangdahlem in Germany. Doesn't mention any timescales though, nor if that will signal the closure of Mildenhall.I was watching a PBS America (On Sky) Series the other day on the V22 (also did F-15 - & AH64) and was quite surprised to see they used Rolls Royce Engines (Google states T406 and Wikipedia AE1107) and not home grown - although General Electric GE38's were proposed due to commonality with the CH53.
There was a thread on this subject a while back i.e. US Aircraft that had UK engines - will have a look back.
The whole series was pretty good even with the American slant, both the AH64 (forgot this first flew in the 70's) and V22 have suffered early in their lives from crashes and huge costs, with various administrations trying to can both project but they have gone on to be the aircraft of choice for certain Air Arms AH64 (Army) and V22 (Marines) - highly recommended if you get to see the series.
There was a thread on this subject a while back i.e. US Aircraft that had UK engines - will have a look back.
The whole series was pretty good even with the American slant, both the AH64 (forgot this first flew in the 70's) and V22 have suffered early in their lives from crashes and huge costs, with various administrations trying to can both project but they have gone on to be the aircraft of choice for certain Air Arms AH64 (Army) and V22 (Marines) - highly recommended if you get to see the series.
NM62 said:
I was watching a PBS America (On Sky) Series the other day on the V22 (also did F-15 - & AH64) and was quite surprised to see they used Rolls Royce Engines (Google states T406 and Wikipedia AE1107) and not home grown - although General Electric GE38's were proposed due to commonality with the CH53.
There was a thread on this subject a while back i.e. US Aircraft that had UK engines - will have a look back.
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Except it is a US designed and manufactured engine. Like the Ford Fiesta isn't American. There was a thread on this subject a while back i.e. US Aircraft that had UK engines - will have a look back.
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Evanivitch said:
NM62 said:
I was watching a PBS America (On Sky) Series the other day on the V22 (also did F-15 - & AH64) and was quite surprised to see they used Rolls Royce Engines (Google states T406 and Wikipedia AE1107) and not home grown - although General Electric GE38's were proposed due to commonality with the CH53.
There was a thread on this subject a while back i.e. US Aircraft that had UK engines - will have a look back.
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Except it is a US designed and manufactured engine. Like the Ford Fiesta isn't American. There was a thread on this subject a while back i.e. US Aircraft that had UK engines - will have a look back.
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