China’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer Avic announced the first flight of its light-twin AC332 helicopter on Friday in Tianjin. Stylistically a cross between the Bell 429 and […]

Leonardo’s Safran-powered AW09 PS4 prototype made its first flight on Thursday. The 20-minute flight was conducted at Leonardo’s Mollis, Switzerland facility. According to the company, the […]

Leonardo’s first production AW609 civil tiltrotor made its inaugural flight on October 13 at the company’s Philadelphia facility, it said today. Designated AC5, the aircraft was […]

Bombardier’s next-generation Challenger—the Model 3500—has entered service, the Montreal-based OEM announced today. Launch customer Les Goldberg, the chairman and CEO of Technology Entertainment Partners, will take delivery […]