Tag: Leonardo

AgustaWestland AW169: Leonardo’s Best Helicopter Yet?

3Jul

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Helicopters

AgustaWestland AW169: Leonardo’s Best Helicopter Yet?

Designed by AgustaWestland and built by its successor company, Leonardo, the AW169 has proven to be one of the most versatile helicopters on the planet (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-AgustaWestland AW169 Development Operational History VIP Transport Air Ambulance Photo courtesy of Alan Wilson via Flickr. Search And Rescue Police Military Photo courtesy of Pete Webber via Flickr. Specifications SpecificationsAW169Length14.65 m (48 ft 1 in)Width2.53 m (8 ft 4 in)Height4.5 m (15 ft)Crew1 - 2Passengers8 - 12Max Speed306 km/h (190 mph; 165 kn)Range820 km (510 mi; 440 nmi)Service Ceiling15,000 ft (4572 m)MTOW4,800 kg (10,582 lb) ...

Eurofighter Typhoon: The aircraft Europe collaborated on

29Jun

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Eurofighter Typhoon: The aircraft Europe collaborated on

As per our poll on Instagram on Wednesday, the Typhoon was chosen over the F-35 Lightning II for Aircraft Digest this week. The Eurofighter Typhoon II is a new fighter aircraft introduced to service in the British RAF in April 2006, it was meant to replace the Tornado, Harrier and Sea Harrier, it was a joint effort between the major aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain. Why was the Eurofighter project started? The aircraft was developed as a counter to the Mig-29, as the Western European nations saw that the Mig-29 was more manoeuvrable than any aircraft currently in service with those nations at the time, manufactured by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo, it was first flown on the 27 March 1994, and flew into service in 2006. It initially saw some di...