Stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic with nothing to do, I’ve been restoring some old photos to pass the time. Here are a few shots of the V-22 Osprey from the 2018 Air Tattoo.

Continuing to copy the introduction from Wikipedia:

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.

The V-22 has a proprotor configuration, with two three-bladed rotors mounted on engine pods at the ends of a fixed wing. The rotors can rotate 90 degrees to allow for vertical takeoff and landing, and then rotate forward to provide thrust for forward flight. The engines are Rolls-Royce Allison T406 (AE 1107C-Liberty) turboshafts. The entire propulsion nacelle can rotate from vertical to horizontal in about 12 seconds.

When the V-22 propulsion unit is vertical, producing Lift, it can take off, land, or hover like a helicopter. Its control system can change the magnitude of the rotor Lift and the direction of the rotor Lift vector to maintain or change the flight status.