Once you get it to hover, you can actually feel the weight hanging under the aircraft, and the aircraft was getting buffeted around pretty good because of the shoreline and the piers that were already there.

A lot of planning went into this on our side as well as the folks here in Anamosa that made this happen.

We didn't actually hover an Osprey over a mosque,

Randy Moss hanging in effigy.

The Army's proposed heavy lift requirement to transport the Future Combat System greatly exceeds our requirement. The actual aircraft hasn't been designed yet, but initial analysis suggests the joint heavy lifter will be too large to operate from current and programmed amphibious shipping. We may have a use for it, but in more of a logistical role as a possible KC-130J replacement - we still need the CH-53K for tactical heavy lift.

They'll just hover over you, waiting for you to get out.