AW609 Tiltrotor Flight Testing Resumes
The AW609 flight-test program had been voluntarily halted following the fatal October 2015 crash of AC2 in Italy.
On August 10, AW609 tiltrotor prototype AC1 arrived at Leonardo-Finmeccanica's Philadelphia plant after flight testing resumed in Arlington, Texas. The AW609 flight-test program had been halted following the fatal October 2015 crash of AC2 in Italy. (Photo: Leonardo-Finmeccanica)
On August 10, AW609 tiltrotor prototype AC1 arrived at Leonardo-Finmeccanica's Philadelphia plant after flight testing resumed in Arlington, Texas. The AW609 flight-test program had been halted following the fatal October 2015 crash of AC2 in Italy. (Photo: Leonardo-Finmeccanica)