[68skylark]

Pretty weird looking to say the least.

I think I know what you mean. I gotta give credit to the guys who are the engineers, pilots, maintainers, etc. -- they've got quite an unusual aircraft, and even if it proves to be not as good as its proponents hope, I suspect it will serve as the basis for new aircraft in the coming decades that will just get better and better.

[LiberalBassTurds]

I gotta give credit to the guys who are the engineers, pilots, maintainers, etc. -- they've got quite an unusual aircraft, and even if it proves to be not as good as its proponents hope, I suspect it will serve as the basis for new aircraft in the coming decades that will just get better and better.

Agreed. If it works for our folks in the field then it works for me. Gen II can only get better.

LBT
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[timer]

It's sort of a "donkey", neither true "horse"(airplane)or "mule"(helicopter). In REAL war it's shortcomings will become all too apparent, but too late of course as these ospreys, like the turkeys they are, sit....grounded as death traps from advanced RPGs/terrorist ground fire. There are better ways to do the V22 mission....but as with the mexican priest and his burro....