Students watch as a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft departs Briggs Field during a brief rain squall on Monday, May 3. The Osprey, operated by the Marines of VMM-264, Air Station New River North Carolina, arrived at MIT as part of an event sponsored by the Marines and the MIT Flying Club.

Brian Hemond—The Tech

Students watch as a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft departs Briggs Field during a brief rain squall on Monday, May 3. The Osprey, operated by the Marines of VMM-264, Air Station New River North Carolina, arrived at MIT as part of an event sponsored by the Marines and the MIT Flying Club. Brian Hemond—The Tech