BA609 tiltrotor expands its flight envelope
The first Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor performed its first full conversion to airplane mode in Texas this past August.

The first Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor performed its first full conversion to airplane mode in Texas this past August. The maneuver has become routine, and the ground-breaking aircraft has gone on to pass the 250-knot airspeed milestone. Agusta test pilot Pietro Venanzi, preparing at press time to take on the responsibility of flight testing the second prototype in Italy, briefed Aviation International News on what the test team learned from this fundamental expansion of the flight envelope.

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