Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Your Sunday Morning Turboprop Noise

COD launch:

5 comments:

M. Bouffant said...

Nice. Wouldn't get me w/in 50 ft. of those props when they're turning, however.

seafury said...

Heard there were some grumblings about the C-2 getting replaced by the Osprey. Maybe Old NFO can chime in.

Old NFO said...

Yeah, couple of things... One, it just doesn't sound 'right' with those new props. And did you notice how close to the deck edge the left mainmount is? Less than a foot of clearance! There is a 'move' afoot to replace the C-2 with the Osprey. I'm hearing more than a 'bit' of grumbling about safety issues, and the fact that the Osprey (basically a helicopter flying sideways in hover mode) will cause issues with launch and recovery ops since it will launch/recover from a hover, NOT cat/trap which will mean a significant SOP change for deck ops.

Comrade Misfit said...

Will the CV-22 carry as much cargo for as far as a C-2 can?

JustMusing said...

That's amazing!

Being an Air Force grunt, the closest I got to something like that was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGVQa1wXp6o - a C-130 JATO.