XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
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Top:<br />
Figure 73.<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-<strong>15</strong> at the Dallas<br />
Convention Center<br />
Heliport/Vertiport.<br />
(Bell Photograph 042869)<br />
Bottom:<br />
Figure 74.<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-<strong>15</strong> at the 1995 Paris Air<br />
Show with the Bell-Boeing<br />
V-22 Osprey.<br />
(Bell Photograph 042900)<br />
102<br />
six days of the air show, the tilt rotor aircraft, once again, was the star of the<br />
event.<br />
Onward/Back to Work<br />
Following the return of the <strong>XV</strong>-<strong>15</strong> to the United States (the round trip this time<br />
was made onboard a cargo ship) Bell performed additional demonstrations<br />
before flying N703NA back to its base. These included the first tilt rotor flight<br />
demonstration in Canada, made on July 10, 1995, at the Bell Helicopter Mirabel<br />
facility near Montreal, Quebec, and the first tilt rotor operation at the<br />
Indianapolis Heliport on the following day. During the next few years, in addition<br />
to the continuation of the guest<br />
pilot program, the aircraft was utilized<br />
in numerous tilt rotor research activities<br />
sponsored by Bell, Boeing<br />
Helicopters, NASA Ames and NASA<br />
Langley, and the National Rotorcraft<br />
Technology Center (NRTC) located at<br />
Ames. At the time of this writing,<br />
investigations of tilt rotor flight controls,<br />
crew station displays, terminal<br />
area operations, certification issues,<br />
and other technical areas continue to<br />
be planned for this aircraft.