(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 30 – “His Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum is the first woman to have piloted Leonardo’s AW609”, the first convertiplane in the world destined to receive civil certification. “Your Highness – explains the company with a note – you visited Leonardo’s helicopter site in Philadelphia in the USA from the United Arab Emirates where you flew the AW609 tiltrotor.”
“I am thrilled – she commented – to be the first female pilot to test this revolutionary aircraft in flight. It is not just a personal achievement. It is an opportunity to shatter another glass ceiling for women.
I always try to push myself further, to show that if I can reach a new goal, all women who have enough determination to try can do it “;” “Piloting the AW609 is one of the experiences I wanted to try since I first saw turn the images of the first prototype.
It is the natural evolution of my experience as a pilot, bringing together the piloting skills of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. I still can’t believe I’ve had this opportunity. Aircraft like this one make me feel great emotions at the thought of the future of aviation, a future now even more open to women who have chosen to enter this sector “. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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