Civilian helicopter-plane readies for takeoff ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) =97 Soon to be taking to the skies of north Texas= =20 will be a hybrid aircraft that is part plane, part helicopter and has the=20 potential to change civil aviation. Fort Worth-based Bell/Agusta Aerospace= =20 is just weeks away from conducting its first test flights of a civilian=20 tilt-rotor aircraft, called the BA 609. A tilt-rotor has engines that pivot= =20 90 degrees so the aircraft can take off vertically like a helicopter, then= =20 fly horizontally like a plane. for image and the rest of the=20 story....http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-02-27-tilt-r= otor_x.htm *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.dbombo.net/muddyangels/ TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************