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| CGI of the finished Helicopter in action |
Korea Aerospace Industries said Tuesday, January 20, that its Surion-based helicopter variant for the Korean Marine Corps completed its first test flight. KAI has led the project to develop the helicopter by investing $713m since July 2013. “With the successful test flight, we are confident of completing the development by end-2015 as scheduled,’’ the flight manufacturer said in a press release.
The first flight test with two test flight pilots and two technicians onboard took wing for about 30 minutes. Test items included ground tests, including forward flight, backward flight and a change of direction as well as hovering flight and a change of direction after a rise up to the 80-feet above the ground. All the tests were completed successfully.
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