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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14 September 1989 V-22 aircraft no. 1 achieved first full conversion to airplane<br />
mode.<br />
9 November 1989 FAA published “National Civil TiltRotor Initiative<br />
Implementation Plan” which initiated civil tilt rotor<br />
activity in the Department of Transportation and other<br />
Government agencies.<br />
1 December 1989 Deputy Secretary of Defense instructed Navy Secretary to<br />
terminate all contracts funded with FY89 advanced procurement<br />
funds which effectively would end the V-22 program.<br />
February 1990 Department of Defense budget submission for FY91 contained<br />
no funds for V-22.<br />
4 February 1990 <strong>XV</strong>-<strong>15</strong> flew in opening ceremony of Helicopter<br />
Association International (Heli-Expo ‘90) in Dallas, Texas.<br />
7 March 1990 General Accounting <strong>Office</strong>s charged Department of<br />
Defense acted improperly in terminating V-22 contracts<br />
funded with FY89 advanced procurement funds.<br />
<strong>15</strong> March 1990 <strong>XV</strong>-<strong>15</strong> set five new Federation Aeronautique Internationale<br />
records:<br />
1. Attained 3,000 meters altitude in four minutes,<br />
24.5 seconds.<br />
2. Attained 6,000 meters altitude in eight minutes,<br />
29 seconds.<br />
3. Attained altitude of 22,600 feet.<br />
4. Cruised in horizontal flight at 22,600 feet.<br />
5. Flight altitude with payload (1,000 kg) record reached.<br />
25 April 1990 <strong>XV</strong>-<strong>15</strong> N702NA landed on the east lawn of the Capitol during<br />
the time that the House Aviation Subcommittee held<br />
hearings on civil applications of tilt rotor technology.<br />
May 1990 First formal evaluation of V-22 by Government pilots completed.<br />
The V-22 demonstrated excellent potential for its<br />
intended missions.<br />
6 May 1990 V-22 aircraft no. 2 conducts first cross-country flight from<br />
Arlington, Texas, to Wilmington, Delaware (1,210 nm, 1,392<br />
miles) in 5.2 hours with a refueling stop in Atlanta, Georgia.<br />
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