First AW169 In New Advanced Light Utility Helicopter Configuration Begins Flight Testing
First AW169 In New Advanced Light Utility Helicopter Configuration Begins Flight Testing
The first AW1 Light Utility Helicopter photographed in flight. (Photo: Oscar Bernardi)
The AW169 LUH helicopter, based on the AW169M light intermediate twin-engine helicopter, features a new skid landing gear which replaces the standard retractable gear.
The first Leonardo AW169 LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) was recently photographed at the beginning of its flight testing. The photo you can see in this article, taken by photographer Oscar Bernardi, shows the first helicopter in the new configuration which has been assigned s/n 72001 and experimental serial CSX 82014.
First Two T-345 Trainers Delivered To The Italian Air Force
First Two T-345 Trainers Delivered To The Italian Air Force
One of the two first T-345A of the Italian Air Force (MM55235/61-203). (Image credit: Oscar Bernardi.)
Two T-345 trainers in the colors of the 61° Stormo (Wing) have been delivered to the Italian Air Force.
The first two new Leonardo T-345 trainer aircraft (local designation of the M-345), were delivered to the Italian Air Force at Venegono airport, in northwestern Italy, where the final assembly lines of Leonardo Aircraft and Helicopter Divisions are based, on Dec. 22, 2020.
The aircraft sport the markings of the the 61st Stormo (Wing) of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force – ItAF), based at Lecce-Galatina Airbase, in southeastern Italy, and are registered MM55234/61-202 and MM55235/61-203. Interestingly, the aircraft were given the codes in the 61-2xx range, that is not used by the existing lines at Lecce (the MB-339A – designated T-339A; the MB-