Tests Verify V-22 Service Life
Credit: KALEE APPLETON/BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON
Bell Helicopter Textron has completed a landmark, nine-year fatigue test program for the V-22 Osprey, demonstrating the airframe has sufficient structural integrity to fly for at least 20,000 hr. or 20 years. The program, begun in April 1998, is designed to ensure that the V-22 Osprey's structural...
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