They're called tilt-rotor aircraft. They hover like helicopters -- but they fly faster and farther -- like airplanes. The military has flown them for years.
The world's first civilian production tilt-rotor aircraft is being built in the United States by Italian aerospace giant Leonardo. "The 609 represents, from a technological point of view, a breakthrough," Gian Piero Cutillo, managing director of Leonardo Helicopters, told CNN at last month's Helicopter Association International trade show in Atlanta.
"Regulators are going to look very closely at this aircraft in light of the developmental difficulties, both for the 609 and its V-22 cousin," says Richard Aboulafia, aviation industry analyst at Teal Group."But they're certainly not going to certify a product that isn't safe." "We are getting positive response numbers from the flight tests that we are doing," Cutillo says."So we are making important and significant progress."The AW609's price tag is expected to be somewhere around $25 million, Cutillo says, more than twice the cost of a comparable traditional helicopter.
Yes but for which capacity?
Get ready for cars that hover like helicopters!!!
Sorry the Green new deal says walking and riding a bike is only allowed
Never be a commercial success. Not fast enough and not enough cargo/human space
Looks like Boeing’s “Osprey”!
This should be a disaster
hey this is not new technology
That will be nice
Lovely. ANOTHER toy that only the 1%-ers will be able to afford. 🧐
Wow! That’s amazing, I love the technology and science!
WOW!
It’s called an Osprey, and it’s nothing new.
Soooo an Osprey then 💁
Thanks Obama
That will be massive
Soooo helicopters?
That will be nice
No airports? Sounds like another CNN hoax to me
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