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The Bell V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. [2] The aircraft was officially unveiled at the 2013 Army Aviation Association of America's (AAAA) Annual Professional Forum and Exposition in Fort Worth, Texas.
An AW609 performing a flight display while in helicopter mode at the Paris Air Show, 2007. The BA609 drew on experience gained from Bell's earlier experimental tiltrotor, the XV-15. [2] [3] In 1996, Bell and Boeing formed a partnership to develop a civil tiltrotor aircraft. In March 1998, Boeing pulled out of the project.
A television station helicopter crashes while engaging in low level filming around a racecourse. [95] 0 3 1982-01-07 Lang Lang, Victoria, Australia: Channel 7: While filming a traffic accident at a low altitude, a Bell 206B helicopter goes out of control and crashes. [96] [97] 5 Loss of tail rotor effectiveness due to unknown reasons. [98] 1982 ...
Army Staff Sgt. Caleb Gore, who was killed in a helicopter crash, had just recently learned he was expecting his first child, a boy, with wife Haleigh.
It is a compound helicopter with rigid coaxial rotors, powered by two Honeywell T55 turboshaft engines; it first flew on 21 March 2019. In December 2022, the U.S. Army selected the rival Bell V-280 Valor as the winner of the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program. [2]
The crew members were killed after the news station helicopter, Chopper 6, crashed in a wooded part of Washington Township around 8 p.m., according to 6ABC. The names of the crew members have not ...
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Bell Helicopter proposed a third-generation tiltrotor design for the FVL program, which was ultimately selected for the FLRAA contract award. [27] Bell sought partners for financial and technological support, although the company did not require assistance. [28] In April 2013, Bell revealed its tiltrotor design, named the Bell V-280 Valor.