Reviewing The Osprey A Helicopter Cum Plane Of The Usaf
A dual purpose plane that is helicopter also
The Osprey is a marvel of technology and no other country has anything similar anywhere else. It's great weapon system but 2 have been lost this year.
People who love planes and flying cannot but be enamored of the latest plane in the US inventory.It is called the Osprey and is both a conventional plane as well as a helicopter.In other words, it can take off and land like any normal plane but if required when operating in mountains and jungles it can rise up and land vertically like a helicopter.The Osprey can carry out this feat because of two rotors like a helicopter which are fixed on its wings.These rotors which generate tremendous lift can help the plane rise up vertically like a helicopter.In addition, the plane also can carry 24 troops or other passangers.
Till date two Osprey's have been lost.One in actual combat in Yemen when it made a hard landing and had to be destroyed by the US soldiers themselves and second was lost today when an Osprey failed to land on the deck of the USS Reagan, a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class.Three US service men were killed today as the plane ditched into the sea off the coast of Queensland in Australia in a joint exercise between the US and Australian Navy.
All said and done the Osprey is a mighty weapon system and a force multiplier.It is unfortunate that Indian technology is decades away from making anything similar.For those who may not be familiar, an Osprey is another name for an eagle