Registration / Serial:165838
Alternate Serial:5838
Other Marks:24
Aircraft Original Type:Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (901)
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (901)
Aircraft Version:Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey
C/n (msn):D0024
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:HX-21
Aircraft Name:Chilly Willy
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:24 August 2025
Photo by:Mark EdwithContact
Photo ID:885920Submit Correction
View count: 91
"Chilly Willy" was a part of a cold weather testing program for the Osprey. It was reported that on Nov. 2004 in Nova Scotia, there was an icing incident where a substantial amount of one of the prop-rotor blades was lost during a routine icing test flight; the aircraft made a safe landing. Not much on it's life since then, but it now sets in a parking lot just outside of the '711th Human Performance Wing Headquarters', at the intersection of National Rd. and McClellan Dr.
Registration / Serial:165838
Alternate Serial:5838
Aircraft Version:Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey
C/n (msn):D0024
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:24 August 2025
Photo by:Mark EdwithContact
Registration / Serial:165838
Alternate Serial:5838
Other Marks:24
Aircraft Original Type:Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (901)
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (901)
Aircraft Version:Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey
C/n (msn):D0024
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:HX-21
Aircraft Name:Chilly Willy
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:24 August 2025
Photo by:Mark EdwithContact
Photo ID:885920Submit Correction
View count: 91
"Chilly Willy" was a part of a cold weather testing program for the Osprey. It was reported that on Nov. 2004 in Nova Scotia, there was an icing incident where a substantial amount of one of the prop-rotor blades was lost during a routine icing test flight; the aircraft made a safe landing. Not much on it's life since then, but it now sets in a parking lot just outside of the '711th Human Performance Wing Headquarters', at the intersection of National Rd. and McClellan Dr.
Registration / Serial:165838
Alternate Serial:5838
Aircraft Version:Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey
C/n (msn):D0024
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:24 August 2025
Photo by:Mark EdwithContact