The Leonardo AW609 made a public appearance during a recent airshow in Italy. While it prepares to be certified as the world’s first commercial tiltrotor aircraft, it can also be configured for ...

The world’s first civilian tiltrotor will soon take to the sky, as Leonardo has secured an order for its revolutionary AW609 model – a huge milestone on the way to full certification. In 2021, the ...

Long-established Leonardo helicopter operator to use four AW609s for VIP/corporate and utility tasks supporting its point-to-point operations worldwide. With its unique combination of turboprop-like ...

Man was intended to fly like a bird — not like a bat out of hell,” is an aphorism attributed to Lawrence Bell, founder of the eponymous rotary-wing manufacturer and, with inventor and polymath Arthur ...

This maiden flight brings the world’s first commercial tiltrotor closer to certification and delivery to the first customers. The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor recently reached a new milestone, with the ...

The modern world offers many ways for civilians to travel in the sky. One can board an airplane or a helicopter, can climb inside the nacelle of a hot-air balloon, or can even dangle precariously ...

Leonardo has hosted Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum at its United States’ helicopter headquarters in Philadelphia, providing her the opportunity to personally test the revolutionary ...

AgustaWestland's new AW609 tiltrotor aircraft is still at least two years away from entering service, but we now have a better idea of just how fast this transformer for civilians is going to be. On a ...

AW609 test pilots say neither helicopter, nor fixed-wing pilots will find it hard to transition to flying a tiltrotor. Mauro Moretti, CEO and general manager at AgustaWestland parent company ...

Leonardo Helicopters could begin demonstration flights this year of its AW609 tiltrotor for the Italian military and other domestic government agencies. Gian Piero Cutillo, managing director of ...