V-22 OSPREY (WHITE)

Historical Note:      Our V-22 Osprey VTOL model helicopter is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen.  Our model helicopters are uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures.  This V-22 Osprey VTOL model helicopter’s parts including the helicopter rotor blades, cockpit and other parts are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. It will fascinate anyone, aviation enthusiast and model aircraft collectors alike for its remarkable and exceptional quality.  This elegant V-22 Osprey VTOL model helicopter is definitely the perfect gift and collectible you would want to give to your friends and family.

Scale:    1:48
Rotor Dia:   13.0     inches
Lgth:            14.5     inches

Item Number:    TMC-HV22WTR                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Price:    $189.95

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Historical Note Cont'd:      The V-22 "Osprey" Bell Boeings' first flight was on March 19, 1989. The tiltrotor aircraft was selected as the medium lift successor aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps in February, 1995. The Headquarters Marine Corps identified the need to replace its CH-46 medium lift helicopter fleet as early as 1969. The V-22 Osprey is a multilateral service, multimission, military aircraft with a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing capability (STOL). The aircraft is designed to do missions like a traditional chopper does but with the long-range, fast cruise operation of a turboprop aircraft. The V-22 was developed by Bell Helicopter Textron, which produces it in partnership with Boeing Helicopters. The FAA categorized the Osprey as a model of a powered lift aircraft.

The V-22 Osprey was the best tiltrotor that entered production. The U.S. Air Force acquired 50 CV-22 Ospreys to supplant its fleet of MH-53J Pave Low helicopters used to tuck and distill particular operations forces covertly from irreconcilable territories. The V-22s original program contemplates 360 MV-22s for the US Marines. The number increased from seven per year in 2000 to 30 per year in 2004. The acquisition of the first manufactured CV-22s started in 2001 with deliveries in 2003 and an initial operating capability expected in 2004.

A total of 523 Ospreys were produced in 1997. The first Osprey entered service in 1999. The first V-22 developed that had met its production standards made its first flight in February 1997. It was delivered on March 15, 1997 to the V-22 Integrated Test Team at the Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare Center in Maryland. The V-22 crashed on December 11, 2000 and did not return to air until May 29, 2002. Five were flying by the end of 2002. Lt. Gen. Michael W. Hagee, an incoming commandant of the Marine Corps, was the first passenger to fly aboard a V-22 after it returned to flight. He flew the MV-22 Osprey aircraft No. 21 in January 2003 at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. The US Government authorized Bell Boeing to remain in reduced rate production of at least 11 per year which will rise to 48 per year after 2011.