AW609 Flight Test Program Overview

Join us Monday, June 1st for our monthly membership meeting. We have a special guest speaker for you tonight.

We’ll gather at the chapter hangar around 6pm for hangar flying, with the main meeting starting at 7pm. We’ll spend a few minutes on chapter business, followed by the main presentation.

Dan Wells is a Senior Test Pilot for Leonardo Helicopters. He has been involved in the development of the AW609 and will discuss with us the challenges of flying a tiltrotor, with an emphasis on Vortex Ring State and Aeroelasticity and the way they were approached during flight testing.

We hope to see you Monday evening. Visitors and guests are always welcome!
This is our last membership meeting before the summer break.