Osprey Inches into Combat

After 25 years of development and dozens of lives lost in testing, the troubled Osprey tilt-rotor craft is finally heading to Iraq — although in a very limited role. David Axe and Ron Laurenzo took a dynamite, mostly positive two–part look at the craft in February — and came away impressed. Wired did its own, […]

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After 25 years of development and dozens of lives lost in testing, the troubled Osprey tilt-rotor craft is finally heading to Iraq -- although in a* very* limited role.

David Axe and Ron Laurenzo took a dynamite, mostly positive two-part look at the craft in February -- and came away impressed.* Wired* did its own, generally upbeat profile, in January of '05.

This video, from the New York Times' website, is way more gloomy, with some cringe-inducing crash footage.