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V-280 Marks First Year of Flight

Tuesday, December 18th, 2018

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V-280 Marks First Year of Flight

The V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor achieves first flight at Bell Helicopter's Amarillo, Texas, facility. (Bell Helicopter photo)

FORT WORTH, Texas – The V-280 Valor on Dec. 18 celebrated a full year of flight during which it has flown more than 80 hours and reached speeds of more than 250 knots in forward flight and flown more than 300 miles from its birthplace in the Texas Panhandle to just outside Dallas.Early in 2019, the aircraft should fulfill its namesake and demonstrate 280 knots in forward flight, according to Bell [TXT] program manager Ryan Ehinger.“We’ll be looking to get…

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