Tokyo Studies Tiltrotor To Link City With Island Chain

AW609
Credit: Leonardo
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government is studying whether Leonardo’s AW609 commercial tiltrotor could be used to link the city with a remote island archipelago. The Japanese government has been studying options for how to link the Ogasawara Islands, 621 mi. south of Tokyo, with the mainland for more than...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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