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RESOLUTION NO. 89-29
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 North
Richland Hills, Texas that:
1.
Congress be urged to reinstate full funding for the V-22 aircraft
program into the Defense budget for the year 1989 and 1990.
2.
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, and to the Honorable Jim Wright, United States Congressman.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of May, 1989.
APPROVED:
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