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Barb-SAN
03-04-2009, 05:11 PM
Just saw this photo on Flight Aware, no identifying information about the plane, just "On the ramp at Baghdad International during a sand storm." It looks like it can fly as a helicopter (i.e. straight up), OR as a prop plane. http://flightaware.com/photos/view/photo/303167-3eed5f2d20b04f9bd8037525a2729e94cfcc3027;size=full
Captain Hutch
03-05-2009, 12:47 AM
V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor. can fly like a helicopter or as fixed wing. check it out.

Hutch
Barb-SAN
03-05-2009, 02:42 AM
V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor. can fly like a helicopter or as fixed wing. check it out.Hutch
Thanks...here's a link (now that I know what to search for ;)): http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/v22/index.htm

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is the first aircraft designed from the ground up to meet the needs of the Defense Department's four U.S. armed services. The tiltrotor aircraft takes off and lands like a helicopter. Once airborne, its engine nacelles can be rotated to convert the aircraft to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight