Kopter/Leonardo AW09
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From: The Alps
Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Europe
News about the certification date
At last the news about the certification date !!!!
Just kidding !!!
But "The metallic grey finish, paired with a petrol-blue line, gives the AW09 a distinctive and refined presence, underscoring both the maturity of the program and the meticulous attention to detail behind its design" .
Kopter: AW09 S6 flies in new livery, customer demonstration flights set to begin - Vertical Mag
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Just kidding !!!
But "The metallic grey finish, paired with a petrol-blue line, gives the AW09 a distinctive and refined presence, underscoring both the maturity of the program and the meticulous attention to detail behind its design" .
Kopter: AW09 S6 flies in new livery, customer demonstration flights set to begin - Vertical Mag
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From: Europe
Sorry to disappoint you but their first production AW09 is already flying for 6 months now, they've just repainted her in grey and blue ( to give her a distinctive and refined presence).
About the customers demo flights, well I remember a press release from Bell saying that the final prototype of the 525 has joined the program and will be used to complete customers flights, it was 6 or 7 years ago so ...
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From: canada
Hello CGP,
Sorry to disappoint you but their first production AW09 is already flying for 6 months now, they've just repainted her in grey and blue ( to give her a distinctive and refined presence).
About the customers demo flights, well I remember a press release from Bell saying that the final prototype of the 525 has joined the program and will be used to complete customers flights, it was 6 or 7 years ago so ...
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Sorry to disappoint you but their first production AW09 is already flying for 6 months now, they've just repainted her in grey and blue ( to give her a distinctive and refined presence).
About the customers demo flights, well I remember a press release from Bell saying that the final prototype of the 525 has joined the program and will be used to complete customers flights, it was 6 or 7 years ago so ...
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Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Europe
Leonardo Helicopters is confident it will complete certification of its new light single-engine AW09 this year, and deliver the first aircraft to customers in Europe :
Leonardo confident AW09 will be certified and enter service this year - Vertical Mag
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Leonardo confident AW09 will be certified and enter service this year - Vertical Mag
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Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Europe
"The latest round of flight tests conducted by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) marks another important milestone in the certification journey of the Leonardo AW09."
https://verticalmag.com/press-releases/easa-advances-aw09-evaluation-at-mollis-facility/
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https://verticalmag.com/press-releases/easa-advances-aw09-evaluation-at-mollis-facility/
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Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: Den Haag
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From: Europe
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From: longwayplace
Excuse my colossal engineering ignorance, but, between the prototype and the production aircraft, how difficult would it have been to change the rotor direction?
I noted with interest last year that the US Army require its next trainer for Flight School Next to have 'a counterclockwise-rotating rotor system' - understandable given that all of the platforms these future Army pilots will graduate to are thus configured.
I noted with interest last year that the US Army require its next trainer for Flight School Next to have 'a counterclockwise-rotating rotor system' - understandable given that all of the platforms these future Army pilots will graduate to are thus configured.
