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Name:	jethro -	Reply
Subject:	cv-22 osprey
Date:	12/8/2008 9:00:06 PM

I know this is kinda off subject but the airplane post reminded me of this. When at the lake early sun mor. checking on things I saw on of the cv-22 osprey(the vertical take off helicopter--airplane type craft) over the lake.
Also saw one again in Sylacauga mid mor today(Mon).both times at or around five thousand feet. Was wondering where there based out of.

Name:	Aardvark -	Reply
Subject:	cv-22 osprey
Date:	12/9/2008 12:04:16 AM

The Osprey is primarily a Marine aircraft, but the Air Force is supposed to have a small fleet for Special Operations work with at least some of them based down at Eglin AFB in the Florida panhandle. What you saw would be, in my guess, one of the first of the USAF aircraft from Eglin using Lake Martin as a landmark on a training flight. Otherwise, it would come from Camp Lejune, North Carolina. Wherever it came from, it will become a more common sight in the future since Osprey deliveries have only just started.

Name:	NCSue -	Reply
Subject:	cv-22 osprey
Date:	12/9/2008 7:44:40 AM

It may have come from the MCB at Cherry Point, NC.

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