Henry J Cobb wrote:
Mike wrote:
Dallas Morning News
Gen. Castellaw declined to predict in which month the V-22 would get to
Iraq, and planners are still deciding whether the first Ospreys
deployed will be based on ships in the Persian Gulf or on the ground.

Darn, things must be really bad in Iraq (or the budget process) if
they'll go that far.

My suggestion is to base them at airfields so they don't roll off the
end of the ship when they have engine failures.

http://www.g2mil.com/V-22safety.htm
The chief test pilot for the V-22 program, Tom MacDonald, was asked by
Rotorhead magazine how a V-22 with one engine out would land aboard
ship. MacDonald said it would be the same procedure for a helicopter;
clear the flight deck and perform a rolling landing. Yet a helicopter
would flare just prior to landing and roll just a few feet afterwards. A
V-22 cannot flare and has no tailhook, so it may not be able to stop
before rolling off the side of the ship. This is why the program has no
plans to test a one engine out vertical landing aboard ship.

-HJC

Since Harriers sometimes operate off 'Phibs, don't they use barricades?

http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices...8/fa18ef13.htm