September 11, 2003

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington 
(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 e-mail to:



media@nasm.si.edu

	
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