Man was intended to fly like a bird — not like a bat out of hell,” is an aphorism attributed to Lawrence Bell, founder of the eponymous rotary-wing manufacturer and, with inventor and polymath Arthur ...
The AW609 completed the first shipboard trials with the support of the Italian Navy. From April 3 to April 12, 2024, the AW609 AC4 aircraft, representing the final production configuration of the ...
This maiden flight brings the world’s first commercial tiltrotor closer to certification and delivery to the first customers. The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor recently reached a new milestone, with the ...
Long-established Leonardo helicopter operator to use four AW609s for VIP/corporate and utility tasks supporting its point-to-point operations worldwide. With its unique combination of turboprop-like ...
The world’s first civilian tiltrotor will soon take to the sky, as Leonardo has secured an order for its revolutionary AW609 model – a huge milestone on the way to full certification. In 2021, the ...
Leonardo has hosted Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum at its United States’ helicopter headquarters in Philadelphia, providing her the opportunity to personally test the revolutionary ...
The modern world offers many ways for civilians to travel in the sky. One can board an airplane or a helicopter, can climb inside the nacelle of a hot-air balloon, or can even dangle precariously ...
AgustaWestland's new AW609 tiltrotor aircraft is still at least two years away from entering service, but we now have a better idea of just how fast this transformer for civilians is going to be. On a ...
Leonardo Helicopters could begin demonstration flights this year of its AW609 tiltrotor for the Italian military and other domestic government agencies. Gian Piero Cutillo, managing director of ...