Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!boulder!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!mcdchg!att!cbnews!military From: isaacj@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Jason Lee Isaac) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: V-22 Osprey Message-ID: <11339@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 11 Nov 89 06:20:47 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Jason Lee Isaac I would like to get information on the V-22 Osprey. Specifically on capabilities, operating while damaged, specs, or whatever. I read a while back in the Corvallis, Gazette-Times a letter to the editor about how screwed up our kllrepresentatives were for supporting the Osprey. The writer said it was a lousy aircraft that had no real purpose. He wondered why we needed it to establish a beachead when we already had the Harrier to do that. I realized then that he was doing a bad job of supporting his position. He also criticized it because the propellors (rotors?) extended below the bottom of the aircraft when in the down (forward?) postion. Which makes landingwith damaged landing gear (i.e. stuck in the retracted position) a real mess. So how about posting or e-mailing me whatever you have got. Thanks very much. Jason Isaac isaacj@prism.cs.orst.edu