THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, March 5, 1996 TAG: 9603050212
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short : 23 lines
Pentagon officials are perplexed by test results showing that severe downblast from the V-22 Osprey would prevent the aircraft from being used to dispatch commandos.
The problem, detailed in a published report Monday, affects a relatively small portion of the 523 V-22s the Pentagon plans to buy. But it marks the latest in a series of setbacks that have hampered development of the tilt-rotor aircraft.
The persistent problem appeared in tests last summer and fall at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., says Defense Week magazine. by CNB