Osprey completing fatigue test program

Bell Helicopter Textron is in the final stages of completing a nine-year, 7,000-hour fatigue test program for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The tests, which began in April 1998, ensure that the Osprey's structural integrity meets a fatigue-life spectrum equal to 20,000 flight hours, or two...

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