The V-22 Osprey 'Tiltrotor' Does Not Suck!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 04:15PM 
V-22 Osprey being refueled by a KC-130 - what a view!
(5 pix)
Duh, it wouldn't make much sense for the V-22 to suck a load of fuel from the tanker... it gets pumped into it just like every other air-to-air refueling operation. Prove positive that the Osprey does not suck!
Seriously tho, I've been doing some research on the V-22 tiltrotor and on the 1960's era XC-142 4-engine tiltwing aircraft. I'll have that detailed comparo coming up before long, but I thought it might be cool to check out several pix of the V-22 doing some inflight refueling that I found while researching. Seems like a slightly nerve-wracking task to plug in to the tanker drogue without using one of those huge blades to chop things up a bit. However, I'm guessing it's really more of a head issue, and once you get that straightened out, it's probably hardly any different than any other aircraft. That would still make it a lot of work tho as inflight refueling is not exactly a walk in the park for the receiver aircraft.
Oh, and while the debate is still very passionate about whether the V-22 is a viable aircraft for military use, I'm likely to come down on the side of: yes it is... so no, it does not suck. Now please, go enjoy the cool refueling pix : )
Want more refueling to check out? Go to airrefuelingarchive.wordpress for loads more interesting tanker and receiver aircraft info. I didn't see any V-22 stuff there, but lots of other cool things to see.
Reader Comments (9)
Have you read "The Dream Machine" yet, Martt? Interesting book.
Nate- I haven't read it yet, I should probably do that.
I'm hunting around to see if I still have my copy or if it's already lent out. If it's here somewhere, or as soon as I find it, I'll let you know, and if you need a copy, mail it to you to read... maybe get it back at OSH11, or something... anyway, can't seem to find it right at the moment... wondering where it went. Hmm. Maybe it hovered and then transitioned to forward flight and flew away? ;-)
Nate- Hey yeah, that would be great... I could return it with some nice hot bacon : )
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