V-22 Resumes Flight Tests
Navy NewStand
Story Number: NNS030319-05
Release Date: 3/19/2003 10:45:00 AM
By Ward Carroll, NAVAIR Public Affairs, V-22 Program Office
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) -- The V-22 Integrated Test Team (ITT) resumed flight testing March 17 following a 10-day stoppage enacted so that potentially faulty hydraulic tubes in the engine nacelles could be replaced. Osprey No. 21 launched with test pilots Bill Leonard and U.S. Marine Maj. Shawn Healy at the controls. During the 20-minute flight the ITT tested the JASS 2.6.1.1-version mission software.
"The hop went without a hitch," said Don Byrne, the ITT's deputy contractor flight test director. "This last week has been another example of how this team is capable of stepping up to the plate when it needs to. It's great to be flying again."
The rest of the test force will take to the skies in the coming days once precautionary maintenance is complete on each aircraft.
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