The press ride from Wilmington to Washington.

[soothsayer]

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The press ride from Wilmington to Washington.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. wierd , never seen aircraft rotor blade tips lit up like that b4

from what i understand , they are noisy as heck.

[soothsayer]

2. I bet! They said they had WiFi mostly

[JHB]

3. How many aircraft could use a visual indicator of where the rotor blades are?

An Osprey that tilts its rotors too far forward when on the ground can start churning the turf.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. If I'm not mistaken, that's impossible

There is a lockout on the tilting mechanism when there is weight on the landing gear to keep the rotors from tilting too far forward

[woodsprite]

4. OMG!!! I thought they were landing on our house.

Flew directly over. I was at our bedroom deck door trying to fix some blinds. The windows were rumbling. Everybody I talked to on our town chat (Newark) thought they were low flying police helicopters and were looking for the searchlights, some even checked the locks on their doors.

[zaj]

5. Osprey have a... crashing problem.

"The V-22 Osprey had 12 hull loss accidents that resulted in a total of 42 fatalities. During testing from 1991 to 2006 there were four crashes resulting in 30 fatalities.[1] Since becoming operational in 2007, the V-22 has had seven crashes including two combat-zone crashes,[2][3] and several other accidents and incidents that resulted in a total of 12 fatalities.[4]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_V-22_Osprey

[2naSalit]

6. I think I'd take the train!

That's an Osprey, not a very good safety record.