On October 16, 2008, at the New Castle County Airport near Wilmington, Delaware, Piasecki put its X-49A experimental Speedhawk helicopter through a final series of hoops that satisfied Phase 1 of its ...
Breaking the speed barrier for rotors has long been a dream of helicopter designers, but few customers have wanted to pay more to fly faster. That may be changing as operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
NEW FALCONER: Piasecki Aircraft has turned to Congress for help to push its X-49A SpeedHawk high-speed compound helicopter even faster. The company wants to take over ownership of the aircraft from ...