V22 Osprey may be unsalvageable…

[mattwithcats]

V22 Osprey crashes in Norway, and may not be salvageable…

https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/us-osprey-trapped-on-norwegian-island

 

[billt460]

Why are, "repairs on site impossible"? Bring in what you need, fix it, and fly it out. The grass will grow back. It won't fossilize in the shape of an Osprey.

 

[sohccammer427]

Coincidentally, my wife and I were traveling to Kinston NC last night and we saw one that had just taken off from Kinston regional jetport. Looked like if was in the final stage of transitioning to level flight. Huge rotors on that beast. I believe they have a group stationed at Cherry Point in NC. Perhaps it was just refueling.

 

[edyvw]

Why are, "repairs on site impossible"? Bring in what you need, fix it, and fly it out. The grass will grow back. It won't fossilize in the shape of an Osprey.

Bcs. it is a designated nature reserve. Meaning protected by the law. This means laws are respected.

 

[Rand]

The rotors on those are huge.

 

[tyman]

Jfc

 

[tyman]

Bcs. it is a designated nature reserve. Meaning protected by the law. This means laws are respected.

So get the govt to grant an exception. It ain’t rocket surgery.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Do we have anything big enough to lift it? Chinook on steroids?

 

[Passport1]

The V22s fly over my house all the time. They are out of MCAS New River just south of Jacksonville, NC. They are kind of odd looking a/c and make helicopter style noises.

 

[tyman]

The rotors on those are huge.

Yea they are. 38’ diameter.

 

[tyman]

Do we have anything big enough to lift it? Chinook on steroids?

Chinook payload is around 24k. Osprey is around 40kish.

A super sea stallion external payload is 36k so it would be a better option but still wouldn’t get it.

 

[edyvw]

So get the govt to grant an exception. It ain’t rocket surgery.

I would say it is more complicated than that. If it was that simple, it would be done by now.

 

[Rand]

The CH-53K is 36k.

Strip 5000lb off it lift it off ?

drop it on ship 2000ft away?

 

[billt460]

So get the govt to grant an exception. It ain’t rocket surgery.

Exactly. This reeks of environmentalists trying to make something out of nothing. They're trying to salvage a $84 MILLION dollar aircraft for God's sake. Not go in there with a rototiller.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Americans!

 

[Astro14]

Bcs. it is a designated nature reserve. Meaning protected by the law. This means laws are respected.

I don’t see the law being respected at all.

What’s the intent of the law? To preserve the natural state of the island? To avoid damage?

How does leaving an big airplane, one that will eventually leak fuel, oil and hydraulic fluid, as well as leach out electronic components, on it satisfy that intent?

Which is better for the environment? Leaving that thing there, to damage the island, or getting it out?

 

[edyvw]

I don’t see the law being respected at all.

What’s the intent of the law? To preserve the natural state of the island? To avoid damage?

How does leaving an big airplane, one that will eventually leak fuel, oil and hydraulic fluid, as well as leach out electronic components, on it satisfy that intent?

Which is better for the environment? Leaving that thing there, to damage the island, or getting it out?

I get your points, but I highly doubt they will leave all that inside.
Eventually, it will be removed. I think the issue is the timeframe in which they can do it.

 

[billt460]

I don’t see the law being respected at all.

What’s the intent of the law? To preserve the natural state of the island? To avoid damage?

How does leaving an big airplane, one that will eventually leak fuel, oil and hydraulic fluid, as well as leach out electronic components, on it satisfy that intent?

Which is better for the environment? Leaving that thing there, to damage the island, or getting it out?

I agree. I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say it would be better for a "Nature Preserve" to be preserved without a giant V-22 Osprey parked smack in the middle of it. Filled with God knows how many gallons of polluting oils, fuel, and fluids sitting there like a drunken dinosaur.

 

[PimTac]

The article is clickbait by saying the aircraft may not be salvageable. It will be salvaged. Get the right people in there and some planning and it can be done.

Compare this to the giant car carrier ship Golden Ray that capsized off the coast of Georgia. That is a far more complicated job. It must be getting close to being done.

 

[billt460]

The article is clickbait by saying the aircraft may not be salvageable. It will be salvaged. Get the right people in there and some planning and it can be done.

Compare this to the giant car carrier ship Golden Ray that capsized off the coast of Georgia. That is a far more complicated job. It must be getting close to being done.

Or the salvaging of the Costa Concordia off the Italian coast. That was a monumental task..... But they did it.

This aircraft will be salvaged. And a bunch of tree huggers won't stop it from happening.