Osprey drops. (Airscoop).The V-22 Osprey The V-22 Osprey is a joint service, multimission, military tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing capability (STOL). integrated test team completed a series of tests over Fort Bragg Fort Bragg, U.S. army base, 11,136 acres (4,507 hectares), E N.C., N of Fayetteville; est. 1918. Originally an artillery post, it is now the principal U.S. army airborne-training center and the site of the Special Warfare School. , N.C. to prove the Osprey's utility as an aerial delivery platform. Thirty hours of flight time included testing of how deployment bags left behind after static-line jumps reacted in the aircraft's wake, and hung-jumper tests in both the conversion and airplane modes. Containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. delivery system tests with 500- and 1,000-pound bundles dropped up to four at a time, above, were also conducted. |
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