Third AW609 Tiltrotor To Fly This Summer [feedly]

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Third AW609 Tiltrotor To Fly This Summer
// Aviation Week

Kevin Michaels

LONDON—The third prototype of the AgustaWestland AW609 commercial tiltrotor is set to fly in May, paving the way for deicing tests of the aircraft at the end of this year.

Engineers are currently assembling the aircraft in Italy, where shakedown flights will be conducted before it is dismantled and sent to Philadelphia in preparation for testing of the aircraft's deicing system in Minnesota toward year's end. 

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