AW Offers Demo Flights on Tiltrotor at Heli-Expo 2014
AgustaWestland’s AW609 tiltrotor is still in the early stages of certification, but potential customers who are appropriately rated rotorcraft pilots and have undergone specialized training are now permitted to fly on demo flights.
AgustaWestland’s AW609 tiltrotor is still in the early stages of certification, but potential customers who are appropriately rated rotorcraft pilots and have undergone specialized training are now permitted to fly on demo flights.

AgustaWestland (AW) performed customer demo flights aboard its prototype tiltrotor AW609 here at Heli-Expo in Anaheim, but with the aircraft still early in the certification process, few potential customers qualified to get on board. The FAA requires such passengers to be appropriately rated rotorcraft pilots, undergo simulator training in the company’s AW609 simulator, conduct a familiarization flight in the aircraft and receive a second-in-command rating. Two lucky attendees went through the process beforehand and took demo flights during the show, staged from Long Beach Airport.

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