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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 September 2024. Military transport tiltrotor "V-22" redirects here. For other uses, see V22 (disambiguation). V-22 Osprey A MV-22 being used during a MAGTF demonstration during the 2014 Miramar Air Show General information Type Tiltrotor military transport aircraft National origin United States ...
Osprey. The osprey (/ ˈɒspri, - preɪ /; [2] Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly ...
On the night of April 3, 2007, YouTube was again blocked in Thailand. [102] The government cited a video on the site that it called "insulting" to King Bhumibol Adulyadej . [ 103 ] [ 104 ] However, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology said that it would unblock YouTube in a few days, after websites containing references to ...
The Osprey, a workhorse aircraft vital to U.S. military missions, has been approved to return to flight after an “unprecedented” part failure led to the deaths of eight service members in a ...
Updated August 1, 2024 at 5:13 PM. The crash of an Air Force Osprey aircraft eight months ago in Japan that killed all eight airmen on board was caused by a “catastrophic failure” of one of ...
The eastern osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus) is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. They live in Oceania at coastal regions of the Australian continent, the Indonesian islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is usually sedentary and pairs breed at the same nest site, building up a substantial structure on dead trees or limbs.
In 2011, for the first time in over 400 years, Ospreys are breeding in the Dyfi valley on the Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve site, following three years work to reintroduce them into the area. A resident male osprey managed to attract a female osprey (a 2008 bird from a Rutland Water nest) who laid their first egg on 25 April 2011, a second three ...
Underwater vision is the ability to see objects underwater, and this is significantly affected by several factors. Underwater, objects are less visible because of lower levels of natural illumination caused by rapid attenuation of light with distance passed through the water. They are also blurred by scattering of light between the object and ...