The AW609 Is a V-22 Osprey-Inspired Private Plane

At an airport just north of downtown Philadelphia, test pilots Dan Wells and Paul Edwards fire up a pair of 1,900-horsepower turboshaft engines. Slowly, the aircraft’s two rotors, each with three blades and 25 feet in diameter, start to rotate. Pointing straight up, they’re soon thumping the air and the ear drums of everyone nearby. …

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