Yes Jack those are HIGE numbers, I was referring to HOGE since you referred to a HOGE chart in the Boeing booklet. I dont think anything I know of can hover out of ground effect 15,000 ft @ 95F
Back to prehar's question:
The V-22 would be well suited to operations along India's vast Himalayan frontier, where high altitudes and long distances hinder helicopter operations.
At last year's Paris and Dubai air shows, Osprey representatives made much of a mountain rescue mission in June 2010 conducted by two US Air Force CV-22s. The aircraft flew a 1,290km (700nm) round-trip at 15,000ft (4,570m), landed amid mountainous terrain in dust storm conditions, collected 32 personnel and returned to base.
India sizes up V-22 Osprey - 1/18/2012 - Flight Global