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Old September 29th 03, 03:47 AM
Chad Irby
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John Halliwell wrote:

If you're starting from scratch, Bell have been trying to get the tilt
rotor to work for 30-40 years with little to show for it.


....except for an aircraft that outflies anything else in its class.

Even their old *prototype* tiltrotors could outrun most modern-day
copters.

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