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AW completes autorotation trials for the AW-609 aircraft program

Cascina Costa, Italy - Between the end of March and early April, 10 dedicated flight hours saw more than 70 power-off conversions from airplane mode to helicopter mode

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that autorotation trials for the AW-609 TiltRotor program have been completed successfully. Between the end of March and early April, 10 dedicated flight hours saw more than 70 power-off conversions from airplane mode to helicopter mode flown from the Arlington (Texas) facility in the USA. The tests were flown under auspices of FAA and covered the full...

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Rome, Italy, 04/24/2014 16:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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