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New Generation AW-169 helicopter completes its maiden flight

Cascina Costa, Italy - Launched at the "Farnborough International Air Show" in July 2010

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announces that the first prototype of the AW-169, a new generation 4.5 ton light intermediate helicopter, successfully completed its maiden flight. The AW-169 programme is on schedule to achieve basic civil certification in 2014. The AW-169 was flown by AgustaWestland’s Chief Test Pilot, Giuseppe Lo Coco, Test Pilot Giuseppe Afruni, and Flight Test Engineers M...

fra/pec - 1140610
Rome, Italy, 05/14/2012 19:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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