Saturday, June 15, 2013

Plane lands on ship: How unusual

That's right a plane landed on a ship like that's never happened before.  Perhaps the world should have stopped and rotated backwards or something.   This world changing event should be enshrined  at the Smithsonian museum with all the glory such an event requires.   Or not.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft has made an unprecedented landing on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.
The aircraft flew from San Diego to the Japanese ship Hyuga on Friday as part of an 18-day drill aimed at improving Japan’s amphibious capabilities.
The Osprey has sparked protests in Japan over concerns about its safety record. There were two crashes last year, in Florida and Morocco.

I'm sure that no other foreign aircraft has ever landed on another nations naval vessel which makes it completely unprecedented 

“The very first landing of an MV-22 Osprey on a Japanese ship is a historic moment,” said Marine Brig. Gen. John Broadmeadow, adding that the exercise provided the U.S. military “an opportunity to enhance our longstanding relationship with the Japanese and to highlight the capabilities of the MV-22 Osprey, which allows the Marine Corps to quickly respond to a crisis when launched from sea or land.”


Yea. It's right up there with the first person to ride a bicycle and to use a yoyo.  Just historic the general claims like the when he forgot tie his shoes one fine morning. Historic.







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