The only time I've been in one was on the ground. Neat looking animal.... I watched a CSAR team demo from an Osprey that was sitting about 60 ft in the air, then it came back and landed after the demo was complete. Really fun to watch, but after some of the stories I've heard.... No thanks! One of my friend's dad worked somewhere along the line in the engineering and development stage and after some of the things he told me, there is NFW I would fly in one.
Quib, as always, your photography is beautiful.