2012年7月26日木曜日

What a difference a day makes...

So much for the request that these albatrosses--I mean ospreys--do their flying over water:



Thursday, July 26, 2012


Ospreys may drill 60 meters off deck

Kyodo


U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys may fly at as low as 60 meters above ground during training across various areas in Japan after they become mission-operational, according to documents and other information.

The news is likely to stoke local concerns about the risks posed by the training flights.

The tilt-rotor transport aircraft, whose planned deployment to the Futenma base in Okinawa and subsequent training flights are opposed by communities around military bases in Japan because of the aircraft's spotty safety record, are also expected to fly one additional route during drills in western Japan, according to the information.