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RESOLUTION N0. 1520
WHEREAS, the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is a project with potential
for substantial commercial advantages for the United States, as
well as for the communities where this technology is developed
and constructed; and,
WHEREAS, the V-22 represents the tangible results of a continuing
commitment to excellence in the providing of equipment to our
armed forces; and,
WHEREAS, the V-22 program has produced not just a design but an actual
flying aircraft capable of meeting a vital need to transport
troops greater distances at greater speeds than with helicopters,
yet with a helicopter's flexibility to land off airports; and,
WHEREAS, the development of the V-22 by the military will assist in
developing technology which will be vital for civil aviation as
airports and skies become increasingly more crowded with aircraft
which need miles of concrete runways and long approach paths;
and,
WHEREAS, an interruption of funding for existing contracts for the
development and construction of the V-22 aircraft may well cost
us the acknowledged leadership role this nation has garnered not
only in tilt-rotor design technology, but in aviation exports,
thus further debilitating the trade balance with other countries:
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Congress be urged to reinstate full funding for the V-22
aircraft program into the Defense budget far the year 1990.
Section 2. That a copy of this Resolution be mailed to the Honorable
George W. Bush, President of the United States, to United
States Senators Lloyd Bentsen and Phil Gramm, the Honorable
Pete Geren, the Honorable Joe Barton, the Honorable Dick Armey,
the Honorable Martin Frost, U.S. Congressmen, and the entire
Texas Congressional delegation.
APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
APR 3 1990
ci~y searetaxy at U<a
City o(f~ort Woxih, Texae
CITY OF E`ORT WORTH