Accompanying a feature article in the July-August 2012 issue of Vertiflite, famed aviation photographer Jay Miller provides a number of eye-catching images of the Eurocopter's X³ high-speed technology demonstrator.
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Eurocopter X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 2012.
Photos by Jay Miller.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
X³ US Tour, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 18, 2012.
The X³ was flown into Alliance Airport aboard an Antonov An-124 on June 12.
The X³ was flown into Alliance Airport aboard an Antonov An-124 on June 12.
- X3 Media Day, June 20 (AHS Photos)
American Eurocopter, Grand Prairie, TX
American Eurocopter, Grand Prairie, TX
X³ early morning check out
X³ early morning check out
X³ take-off for Alliance Airport
Lutz Bertling, Eurocopter CEO
EC225 Super Puma MKII+
U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin
Two UH-70A Lakotas
X³ with the Alouette II
X³ demo
Some 1500 attended the demo
X³ on display
The X³ uses the EC155 rotor
X³ front view
The X³ uses two NH90 engines
X³ vertical tail
X³ rear view
The Alouette II first flew in 1955
The Alouette II cockpit
Inside the X³
Lutz Bertling, Eurocopter CEO
- X3 Media Day, July 23 (AHS Photos)
Colgan Air Hangar, Manassas Airport, VA
Start-up in front of OADS Hangar
Take-off
110 deg bank
Front view
Flypast
Taxiing in
Marc Paganini, AEC, CEO
Internal instrumentation
Jean-Jacques Ferrier, EC, Head of Innovation
Flight crew and guest
Cockpit
Flight demo complete.JPG "Front view")
Front view
Nearing the end of the US Tour
.JPG "Front view")
