Cross post - NASA/ARMY TRANSFER UNIQUE AIRCRAFT TO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington September. 11, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1979)

Peter Golkin
National Air and Space Museum, Washington
(Phone: 202/633-2374)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-90

NASA/ARMY TRANSFER UNIQUE AIRCRAFT TO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

News media are invited to attend the transfer of the
NASA/Army XV-15 tilt rotor aircraft to the National Air and
Space Museum (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Washington
Dulles International Airport, Va. on Sept. 16, 2003.

The ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m. EDT, when NASA, NASM and
other officials brief the news media about the aircraft. At
noon, the XV-15 will fly to the Udvar-Hazy Center and perform
its last flight demonstration. The XV-15 completed more that
25 years of exceptional service to the nation.

Tilt rotors are a unique type of aircraft that possess the
take-off, hover, and landing capabilities of a helicopter
with the additional range and speed of a turboprop aircraft.
The success of the XV-15 led to the development of the V-22
Osprey tilt rotor and the world's first civil tilt rotor, the
nine-passenger Bell Agusta 609.

The NASM is comprised of the Udvar-Hazy Center and facilities
on the National Mall. The NASM will be the largest air and
space museum complex in the world. The Udvar-Hazy Center at
Dulles International Airport opens to the public Dec. 15.

Media planning to attend the XV-15 briefing and demonstration
must RSVP by email to:



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