Flight Deck Ops, USS Bonhomme Richard

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/20/2015 at 18:27 • Filed to: planelopnik

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"MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM-262), and AV-8B Harrier jets with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA-231), takeoff from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Filmed in the East China Sea on March 19, 2015." (Film Credits: MC2 Matthew Dickinson)

Note just how much wind there is behind those Ospreys when they take off, and how the forward deck crew lies down to avoid getting blown across the flight deck.

Here's a timelapse of similar operations aboard Bonhomme Richard a couple days earlier.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 03/20/2015 at 18:36

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I have many times wondered why more attention has not been paid to comparing accident rates with the Osprey to those of the Harrier. You point out that the Harrier didn't and doesn't carry troops. The USMC's solution to the Harrier problem was to quit flying "nuggets." (Only use older, more experienced pilots.)

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/20/2015 at 18:42

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Accident rates of helicopters now outpace those of the Osprey.

Viggen > ttyymmnn 03/20/2015 at 18:51

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Catapult crews do the same thing, especially when a C-2 or E-2 is launching.

Viggen > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/20/2015 at 18:54

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When you look at the Osprey's crash rate, really it's on par with most rotary wing aircraft.