Bell XV-3 Transport?

[famvburg]

Stumbled upon this pic on eBay. They call it the Bell XV-3 and of course it is not but maybe a transport variant?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-Artist-Conception-Bell-XV-3-Convertiplane-Parent-V-22-Osprey-Press-Photo-/281377133072?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item4183625210

 

[hesham]

Great find Famvburg,


and of course it was not it,we can put it here;
(
http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19600418/19/2)

 

[XB-70]

It's the D-246, look at the tail number.

 

[hesham]

It's the D-246, look at the tail number.

You are right XB-70,it was Bell D-246A.

 

[Deleted member 2278]

An article on the XV-3 with a D-246 at the end, starting Page 22:

Aerospace Engineering 1961-08: Vol 20 Iss 8 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Aerospace Engineering 1961-08: Volume 20, Issue 8.Digitized from IA1533707-03.Previous issue: sim_aerospace-engineering-1942_1961-07_20_7.Next issue:...

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[hesham]

From Air Pictorial 1961,

what was this Turbine motors version,instead of piston engine ?.