POTUS over NYC

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/29/2018 at 17:09 • Filed to: planelopnik

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A pair of MV-22 Ospreys (nicknamed “Green Tops”) carrying Secret Service and members of the president’s staff follow VH-3D Marine One (“White Top”) on a flight over New York City.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 17:16

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and not a single missile got launched....

pffft new yohkahs sure got soft since snake plisken fucked off to los angeles

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 17:17

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Those Ospreys look good in green

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/29/2018 at 17:18

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They do. It’s a great photo.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 17:23

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Hasn’t Trump’s staff had enough turnover already that we shouldn’t be putting them in Ospreys?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 17:26

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Looks like a video game screenshot.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 17:31

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If I was President, I think I’d be pushing to be allowed to ride in the MV-22s. The moratorium on them seems silly to me. How old are the VIP Sea Kings now? 30 years old? 40?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 17:34

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I doubt they’d put the POTUS in an Osprey unless bad times. I’m surprised they’re using it at all for POTUS duty.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/29/2018 at 17:35

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Would you translate that for me? I looks like some Scandinavian language.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/29/2018 at 17:38

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lol... if you meant new yohkahs..... thats just me really sucking at accents

if you meant anything else... go watch

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 05/29/2018 at 17:40

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Ospreys are actually safer than helps . But until you can autorotate one, you’ll never see the POTUS in one.

ttyymmnn > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 05/29/2018 at 17:42

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Old to be sure, but meticulously maintained. Until an Osprey can autorotate, they won’t carry the POTUS in one. The staff, however, is expendable. Thing is, the Osprey is safer than a helicopter .

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/29/2018 at 17:42

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https://breakingdefense.com/2011/08/the-v-22-safer-than-helos-effective-worth-buying/

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/29/2018 at 18:20

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I saw 90 seconds of that movie once. That was plenty.

Spanfeller is a twat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/29/2018 at 18:28

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To be honest, everything since Janury 21st of 2017 has felt like a videogame

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 18:28

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I’ll give this a read later; thanks. I wonder how the growing pains with Osprey compared to Harrier.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Spanfeller is a twat 05/29/2018 at 18:36

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ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/29/2018 at 18:49

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That’s actually not the article I meant to link. I meant to link this one . Here is the money quote:

“One of the biggest problems we’ve had in the community is getting past the idea that it’s a helicopter that flies fast,” Leonard said. “It’s not. It’s an airplane that hovers. And if you fly the airplane like a helicopter, yes, it’s very difficult to fly as a helicopter. And if you do that, you have a very good chance of having a problem with controllability because of the way the aircraft operates. If you fly it like an airplane and you are willing to take the time to understand the capabilities of it in helicopter, it’s a very, very easy airplane to fly.”

coqui70 > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 22:01

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Hmmm ... but a 747 doesn’t autorotate ... or glide very well.

Tristan > coqui70 05/29/2018 at 22:59

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Yeah, but four engines.

Tristan > ttyymmnn 05/29/2018 at 23:01

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at least they have a built in torque tube tying both rotors together so that in the event of an engine failure, one engine can drive both rotors.

coqui70 > Tristan 05/29/2018 at 23:06

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One massive bird-strike away from failure. Or incorrect fuel loading ... anything that puts gravity in the driver’s seat.