Osprey airframe fatigue test passes 20,000 effective flight hours
OSPREY FATIGUE TEST: The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey's airframe fatigue test program passed 20,000 effective flight hours in late February. The testing, which involves a full-size V-22, began in June 1998 and is the first ever for a tiltrotor design. The program has so for included 60,000 simulated...
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