NAS PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The V-22 program office has decided to conduct a series of additional flight tests here to simulate the conditions of the April 8 MV-22 accident that killed 19 Marines, officials said Friday. The Marine Corps is also validating flight recovery techniques to ensure repeats of the incident are avoided, V-22 Program Manager Col. Nolan Schmidt said. "We do plan to do some follow-on testing at high rate of descent, (and) low airspeed" at Pax River,...
