"V-22 DESERT TESTING FINDS PROBLEMS THAT HURT MISSION EFFECTIVENESS"

On Jan 30, 7:01 pm, "DDAY" wrote:
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In article .com, "Duwop"

wrote:
These dates sound wrong. I went through 96H AIT at Ft. Huachuca in
1982 and they were test flying them out of there then. IIRC two-three
airframes out of one hangar there at the airfield. Pretty interesting
take-off. Don't remember seeing any landings. ;-)

You're probably thinking of the XV-15.

Didn't think so, the one I saw was longer in the belly with some
actual cargo room. One of the rumors was that the Osprey could replace
the OV-1D. The early version I saw did not have the lower fuselage
bulge the newest version shows.

But, this XV-15 website does specifically mention Huachuca, so maybe
my mind's playing tricks. I've been remembering them as Osprey /
V-22's forever.

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...M-0040-01.html

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/v-22.htm