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Wow - I wish we could see more of this aircraft.

No way I'm getting on one. They have a notoriously bad safety record (relatively speaking). I feel sorry for the troops that are forced to board these on a mission. I understand the benefits of being able to fly longer distances at higher speed than a helicopter, but just task a C-130 and use airborne troops and airdrop. This thing is monstrosity that never should've been contracted.

Still questionable in my opinion.

Politician imposed program nobody wanted.

The fact is that NASA proved the technology in the early 70s. The military program has been mismanaged horribly. I wrote a term paper on it in grad school (a tech policy class, as my degrees are in engineering). First Lady Trump rode on one.

I think I’ll pass riding on one of those things.

Looking for a place to happen.

I guess to keep them out of public sight, these things were for a while test flown at CFB Shearwater in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. They would usually fly them at night. I lived not far away and with binoculars I could see them running up. Unfortunately I didn't have a long enough telephoto to get a decent shot.

Seems like a good concept but they are apparently rather accident prone.

Badly overweight, had to remove armament to fly.