NASA test crashes helicopter at Langley

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Channel: The Virginian-Pilot · 2013 · News & Politics

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NASA researchers dropped a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height
of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats. NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Federal Aviation Administration on the Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Test Bed full-scale crash tests at Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility.

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