Bell XV-3
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The Bell XV-3 is an American tiltrotor aircraft developed by Bell Helicopter for a joint research program between the United States Air Force and the United States Army in order to explore convertipla
The second Bell XV-3 during flight testing (c.1959)
XV-3 in forward flight
Bell XV-3 in a hover, 1955. This was first version with 3-blade rotors and crashed.
XV-3 test, in vertical flight with 2 blade rotors
V/STOL
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A vertical and/or short take-off and landing aircraft is an airplane able to take off or land vertically or on short runways. Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are a subset of V/STOL craft that do
Bell XV-3
…designation was changed to XV-3 in the convertiplane series. The designation was changed once again in 1962 to XV-3A when the V-prefix was changed to mean VTOL. The leading designers were Bob Lichten and Kenneth Wernicke. The first XV-3 (serial number 54-147) flew on 11 August 1955 with Bell Chief Test Pilot…
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