The only commercial tiltrotor aircraft, the AgustaWestland AW609 has set a speed record on a 1000 km point-to-point’ journey.
The aircraft, with its unique combination of the turboprop airplane’s speed and helicopter’s take-off and landing capabilities, flew from AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility in southwest England to its Cascina Costa facility near Milan, Italy, a distance of 1161 km (721
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