This Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel is in the Research & Development Gallery. It was delivered to the museum from Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1970.
Hawker Siddeley
XV-6A Kestrel
The first Kestrel began flight trials in 1961 in Britain. The next year, the United Kingdom, US, and the Federal Republic of Germany ordered nine aircraft for combined testing by those countries' representatives. A joint evaluation squadron, which included USAF pilots, conducted Kestrel trials in 1965. Six of these trial aircraft came to the United States where the US armed forces conducted additional testing.