Very much privileged to catch the American U.S. president's beautiful helicopter on his recent visit to London last week. The sound noise emanating from them was thunderous.

Costing in the region of $70 million - the Boeing / Bell built V-22 Osprey is a "hybrid aircraft", it is cross between a transport plane and a military helicopter. Its tilt rotor (pair of rotating turboprops) makes it possible to take off and land vertically: like a helicopter & also fly forward like a plane.

(Video recorded on Tuesday 19th April 2016)

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