Wednesday, July 15, 2009

V-22 Ospreys In St. John's NL

What on earth they were doing here I do not know, but I saw two V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft climbing out over the east end of St. John's just now. They were heading roughly south-west. Er, that would be towards America.

I would not have noticed them at all except I heard what sounded like WW2 vintage aircraft engines. The last time I heard that kind of sound was in 2005 when I was unexpectedly overflown by a vintage B-17.

Except for the huge propellers, the Ospreys reminded me of the Grumman S2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft that were stationed here in St. John's throughout the 50s and 60s.