Weird plane the V22 Osprey. One of those iconic aircraft I've bid to get equipment on. . . and failed.
The military have tried to cancel it several times but Congress - who think they know more about aircraft than the people that operate them, things you cannot make up - have insisted the US military use it. It looks brilliant but those that remember the Fairey Rotodyne know it's not easy managing that vertical to horizontal flight transition and fuel economy is poor.
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