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    Was watching telly on Wed. when the house started shaking, it sounded like a "woka woka" taking off, but when I looked out the window I saw one of these monsters, only I was too slow with the cameras and only got it flying away

    DSCN1642.JPG looked it up and it appears to be a type of military transport plane that can rotate its props to land and take off like a helicopter. American me thinks but what a great idea.
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    Re: what do you make of this.

    Tax. It's an Osprey. Developed by the Yanks. Got the range of a conventional plane and the capabilities of a chopper.

    Mark

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    • #3
      Re: what do you make of this.

      Originally posted by taz View Post
      Was watching telly on Wed. when the house started shaking, it sounded like a "woka woka" taking off, but when I looked out the window I saw one of these monsters, only I was too slow with the cameras and only got it flying away

      [ATTACH=CONFIG]7391[/ATTACH] looked it up and it appears to be a type of military transport plane that can rotate its props to land and take off like a helicopter. American me thinks but what a great idea.
      Here you go Tony.



      I think 2PARA jumped from them earlier this year.
      "We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".

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      • #4
        Re: what do you make of this.

        that's the beast Don, took off about 800mts away from Browndown ranges.

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        • #5
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          Never actually seen one, but it looks an impressive bit of kit !
          Bob (geordie) Watts

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          • #6
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            Which begs to ask, why jump from them when they can just land?
            Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
            A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
            Until it has destroyed itself from within
            W.Durant

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            • #7
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              Osprey....They are useless according to the US Marines. They keep crashing and wiping blokes out. The whole fleet have been grounded a time or two. Word on the street is they hate getting in them.
              "If they control your speech.....they control your life"
              Me


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              • #8
                Re: what do you make of this.

                Send em oer ta pick the soap dodgers up!

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                • #9
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                  and trust me there's nothing stealth like about it, you would hear it coming from miles away

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                  • #10
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                    If it wuz full o soap dodgers Taz, thad bi able ta smell the f.cker as well!

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                    • #11
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                      maybe they did drop some off Dave, will have a walk down the beach to check it out mate

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                      • #12
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                        Taz,
                        They are based at Mildenhall in Suffolk with a Yank SF unit, which closes next year.

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                        • #13
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                          thanks Gil, makes sense now as we have some sneaky beaky boys along the coast sometimes, probably one getting a ride home

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                          • #14
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                            Need a little training to get this good

                            Last edited by jackw102; 15 May 2016, 12:56.

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                            • #15
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                              Loony!Why would you even want to?

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