LEGENDARY
V22
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
The Osprey
“Half helicopter, half airplane, all future.”
Bell Boeing · military
Length
57 ft 4 in
Wingspan
84 ft 7 in
Max speed
275 kts
Range
879 nmi
Ceiling
25,000 ft
Engines
2x Rolls-Royce AE 1107C
Crew
4
Payload
20,000 lbs
First flight
1989
In service
2007–present
Built
400+
The V-22 Osprey tilts its rotors to take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. It was controversial, expensive, and took decades to develop — but nothing else on Earth can do what it does.
Fun fact
The Osprey can fly twice as fast and five times as far as the helicopters it replaced, cruising at 275 knots.
How to spot one
Tilting engine nacelles on wingtips. In airplane mode, looks like a turboprop. In helicopter mode, huge rotors are visible.
Crews call it
The Osprey
Sounds like
Tiltrotor — sounds like a helicopter AND a turboprop depending on the mode. In hover, a deep, heavy thump.
One might be overhead right now.
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