The BA609 commercial tiltrotor made its first flight

Edited by James E. Swickard April 01, 2003
The BA609 commercial tiltrotor made its first flight on March 7 at Bell's Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas. The Bell/Agusta Aerospace aircraft lifted off in helicopter mode, hovered at 50 feet, performed left and right pedal turns, forward and aft flight maneuvers, four takeoffs and...

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