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    The Bell XV-3 (Bell 200) is an American tiltrotor aircraft developed by Bell Helicopter for a joint research program between the United States Air Force...
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    The Bell XV-15 is an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft. It was the second successful experimental tiltrotor aircraft and the first to demonstrate the concept's...
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  • armed reconnaissance helicopter Bell XV-3 Bell XV-15 Bell Pointer Bell V-247 Vigilant – currently in development Bell V-280 Valor – currently in development...
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    and civil applications. In 1981, using experience gained from the XV-3 and XV-15, Bell and Boeing Helicopters began developing the V-22 Osprey, a twin-turboshaft...
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    transporters such as the preceding Hiller X-18 and the X-22's successor, the Bell XV-15. Another program requirement was a true airspeed in level flight of...
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  • The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for...
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  • begin. Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era McDonnell XV-1 Bell XV-3 Sikorsky X-Wing Citations Boyne 1984, p.178. Sikorsky 2007, p.84. Allen...
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    exhaust. Bell XF-109 Bell 65 EWR VJ 101 AgustaWestland AW609 (originally Bell 609) AgustaWestland Project Zero technology demonstrator Bell XV-3 Bell XV-15...
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    Leonardo AW609 (redirect from Bell BA 609)
    The BA609 drew on experience gained from Bell's earlier experimental tiltrotor, the XV-15. In 1996, Bell and Boeing formed a partnership to develop...
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  • (tiltrotor) Bell Eagle Eye (tiltrotor UAV) Bell V-280 Valor (tiltrotor) Bell X-14 (vectored thrust) Bell X-22 (ducted fan) Bell XV-3 (first tiltrotor) Bell XV-15...
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    History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight". Washington, D.C.: NASA History Division, 2000. Norton, Bill. Bell Boeing V-22...
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    had a leading role in the development of the tilt rotor aircraft Bell XV-3, Bell XV-15 and V-22 Osprey. Ken Wernicke had a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering...
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    which flew late in 1956. US Government funds were then directed to the Bell XV-3, however, causing the Model 2 to be abandoned with Transcendental being...
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    Development Command and the Army's Transportation Corps. Bell Aircraft submitted the design for the XV-3, Sikorsky Aircraft submitted the S-57, a retracting...
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    was the Bell XV-3, which was one of the first aircraft designs to go from vertical takeoff to horizontal successfully. The Osprey by Bell Helicopter...
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    Platt-LePage XR-1 (1941) AgustaWestland AW609 Bell Eagle Eye Bell XV-3 Bell XV-15 Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Bell V-280 Valor Canadair CL-84 Dynavert Wikimedia...
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  • of helicopters, but the experimental McDonnell XV-1 and Bell XV-3 did not enter production. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor is thus far the only...
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  • Osprey Bell 30 Bell 47, 47J Bell 48 Bell 61 Bell 201 Bell 204/205 Bell 206 Bell 207 Bell 212 Bell 214, 214ST Bell 222/230 Bell 309 Bell 360 Bell 407 Bell ARH-70...
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  • 50‐1841 Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar 58-7055 Bell P-59B Airacomet 44-22650 Bell X-1B 48-1385 Bell X-5 50-1838 Bell XV-3 54‐148 Bensen X-25A 68‐10770 Boeing X-45...
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    design (range around 40 mi (64 km)) McDonnell XV-1 - US experimental compound gyroplane. competed with Bell XV-3 tilt-rotor. Flew in 1954, but cancelled due...
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    Staggerwing D17S, D17W, G17S Bell XV-3 Bellanca 300-W Berliner-Joyce OJ Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (in aftermarket conversions) Bratukhin G-3 CAC Winjeel de Havilland...
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  • States launches SCORE, the world's first communications satellite. The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor makes the first true mid-air transition from vertical helicopter-type...
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    Alexander Graham Bell (/ˈɡreɪ.əm/, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer...
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    Aviation portal Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell XV-3 Bell XV-15 Curtiss-Wright X-19 Hiller X-18 Kaman K-16B LTV XC-142 Vertol VZ-2...
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    satellite, packed with electronic gear designed to transmit and receive. The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor made the first true mid-air transition from vertical helicopter-type...
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  • August 11 – Bell XV-3 August 14 – Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter August 18 – AISA AVD-12 August 23 – Westland Widgeon August 25 –Handley Page HPR.3 Herald September...
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  • Airways for flights between Miami and New York City. December 18 – A Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor made the first true midair transition from vertical helicopter-type...
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  • Townes of Bell Laboratories publish a paper in Physical Review Letters setting out the principles of the optical laser. December 18 – The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor...
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    (78 kg/m2) Future Vertical Lift AgustaWestland AW609 Related development Bell XV-15 Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and...
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    with Boeing Vertol to submit a proposal for an enlarged version of the Bell XV-15 prototype on 17 February 1983. Since this was the only proposal the...
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