USMC V-22's TEB

[njgtr82]

As mentioned in the fleetweek thread, two V-22's from VM-162 are at TEB for fleetweek. The crew told me that Geraldo Rivera will be doing something about the aircraft tommorow am so it might be on Foxnews. I just missed being able to fly on one of these when I was in the Marines. I went to Iraq with HMM-263 and they converted to the V-22 right after we returned.

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Bill

[AirtrafficController]

Very cool pictures Bill! Nice coverage of the interior.

[Gerard]

Sweet. Yes the interior shots are very nice. BTW if you see these guys again ask them to swing by FRG or the
Air Show this wseekend. :lol: :lol:

[njgtr82]

Thanks guys, I didn't think they were gonna let us on so it was a nice suprise.

[Mateo]

That's on the new Dassault ramp heading down towards the Tower/museum, right? 166721/YS-07 from VMM-162 was at the Andrews show last weekend.

[Gerard]

Story in DailyNews....
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/200 ... of_fl.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/23/2009-05-23_planes_got_chops_20b_hybrid_aircraft_is_half_je t_half_helicopter__the_talk_of_fl.html)

And flyby at Met game on Monday according to the article.

[cancidas]

i guess it's true that helicopters fly because they're so ugly the earth just repels them... :lol:


how big is the "cabin" of the V-22? sure looks cramped in that last pic.

[Gerard]

i guess it's true that helicopters fly because they're so ugly the earth just repels them... :lol:

Ouch!!!! :lol:

>how big is the "cabin" of the V-22? sure looks cramped in that last pic.=

Yes it does look tight. Is The Osprey smaller than a Chinook or Stallion? Looks like it.

[LGA777]

One of the V-22's did an awesome flyby just now at Citifield, it then turned westbound just south of LGA, over mid-town then up the hudson for a ways then appeared to head for TEB. I have never seen one in flight before, the sight of those giant blades turning at least it looked like slowly was an awesome sight, one of the cooler flyover's I have witnessed at Shea/Citifield over the years.

LGA777

[Matt Molnar]

I was at the game, sadly it flew right over the seats down the right field line and we were covered by an overhang that blocked our view until it had well passed. I think the plan was for two Ospreys, wonder what happened to the second one. Also, I expected it to be a lot louder.

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[LGA777]

Yeah Gotham but you still captured the moment, I am glad someone was able to get shots, I would love to have shot a video from my vantage point, truely amazing sight. Hey and the Mets won to :D

Cheers

LGA777

[Gerard]

Cool and I see they flew as a fixed wing and not a rotorcraft.

[Mateo]

The whole USMC flotilla thankfully stuck around until Sunday morning, when I was able to catch them at TEB. I need a little help, though. Did anyone grab the serial of the MV-22 marked YS-05 or of the two AH-1s on the same ramp? There were 3 CH-46s - 154815 (MQ-426), 156444 (MQ-424), and 153395 (no modex). The AH-1s and the first 2 CH-46s departed around 1230 .

[Gerard]

Ospreys training with A-10s.....

http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/1771/whe ... h-ospreys/ (http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/1771/when-pigs-fly-with-ospreys/)