Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum visited Leonardo’s United States helicopter headquarters in Philadelphia and piloted the AW609 tiltrotor, setting a new and important milestone for female pilots in civil aviation“I’m thrilled to be the first female pilot to test this revolutionary aircraft. This is not just a …
Read More »– Several ground and flight tests already performed in Philadelphia by the third AW609 prototype – Aircraft remains on schedule to begin icing trials this winter – FAA certification is on track for 2018 Rome, 9 February 2017 – The AW609 TiltRotor programme is expected to start icing trials soon following …
Read More »Rome, 04 May 2016 – Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced today that the third prototype (A/C3) of the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has completed its first ground run at the company’s facilities in Cascina Costa, Italy, marking a critical milestone as the programme advances its testing and plans a resumption of flight testing activities. Aircraft AW609 …
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