From Sikorsky press release:
Sikorsky demonstrated the S-97 Raider, the company’s development aircraft for the
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, to the U.S. Army personnel at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville (Alabama) on April 13 and 15, 2021. Sikorsky’s test pilots Christiaan Corry and Bill Fell flew the Raider in routines “that highlighted both low-level helicopter maneuverability and the high-speed capability”.
Impressive! Two demo flights in 3 days. I found it interesting that in the article I saw Sikorsky did not mention a 700 mile ferry flight from West Palm to Huntsville or a return. For a ship with so little flight time one would think these would be big deals. Does anyone know if they actually flew it to Huntsville or trucked it in like they did the ABC to a Ft. Rucker demo in the 70’s (where the XV-15 flew in from its base in Texas)? Also interesting is the article does not mention the speeds obtained.
Full article:
https://theaviationist.com/2021/04/1...stone-arsenal/