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AW-139 helicopter’s 20th anniversary of its first flight, in service since 2004
Over 2,000 units between sales and deliveries and three million flight hours
![AW-139 helicopter, the first aircraft completed its maiden flight -lasted 45 minutes- at the facility in Cascina Costa di Samarate (Varese) on February 3, 2001](https://avionews.it/resources/big/8c62cfdfb1d5656c4afe5d826493240f.jpg.webp)
Leonardo celebrates yesterday the 20th anniversary of the AW-139 helicopter’s maiden flight. The first aircraft took to the skies from the Company’s facility in Cascina Costa di Samarate (Varese), Italy on 3 February 2001. It flew for 45 minutes checking initial airworthiness tests, hovering, lateral and forward flight, handling qualities and subsystems. This soon confirmed the impressive characteristics and...
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