Leonardo Begins Building AW609 Production Aircraft

Credit: AW609: Dmitry Mottl
LONDON—Leonardo has quietly started batch assembly of production-standard AW609 commercial tiltrotors. The fuselage of the fifth aircraft arrived at the company’s Philadelphia plant in March 2018, William Hunt, CEO of Leonardo Helicopters in the U.S., told Aerospace DAILY in a Jan. 31 interview. AC5...

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