AgustaWestland

After resuming flight testing last April following a fatal crash, the third AW609 tiltrotor aircraft prototype went through several weeks of ground testing and flight trials in Italy. The aircraft has now been shipped to the US, where icing trials are set to take place through winter.

After a six month hiatus, ground tests have resumed on the third prototype (A/C3) of the AgustaWestland AW609 tiltrotor. Testing was suspended following a fatal air crash on October 30, 2015, which cost the lives of two test pilots.

After giving the first customer demonstration flights of its AW609 tiltrotor aircraft in February, AgustaWestland has announced that the aircraft successfully completed autorotation trials earlier this month.

Gizmag's takes a look at the highlights from the 2013 Paris Air Show, both on the ground and in the air.

Aerospace firm AgustaWestland has unveiled what it claims is the world's first electric tilt rotor aircraft, known as Project Zero.

The skies over Hampshire, England, may have been resolutely overcast, but there has been nothing dull about the spectacle of the biennial Farnborough International Airshow taking place in them this week.

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The AW609 is a tiltrotor aircraft from AustaWestland aimed at private, commercial, and government markets that is aiming for FAA certification in 2016.