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Description
| Notes: Research aircraft used to study tilt rotor vtol/stol concepts (3-BLASE 25' DIAMETER ROTORS) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Bell | |
| Base model: | V-3 | |
| Designation: | XV-3 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Tilt-Rotor | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1956-Present | |
| Basic role: | V/STOL | |
| Status: | Experimental | |
Specifications
Propulsion
Performance
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| United States Army Aviation Museum | Ozark | Alabama |
XV-3A on display
United States Army Aviation Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Ted Black Bedford,, TX | The fully restored surviving XV-3 is in the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio (temporarily stored in the restoration area). The XV-3 was restored at Bell Helicopter Textron Ft. worth, Texas by a team of Bell volunteers led by two contract employees prior to shipping to Dayton, Ohio in the summer of 2007. 01/08/2008 @ 18:11 [ref: 19194] |
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