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Leonardo: Single Engine TH-119 Packs Twin-Engine Punch For Navy Trainer

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

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Leonardo: Single Engine TH-119 Packs Twin-Engine Punch For Navy Trainer

With the TH-119, Leonardo Helicopters is offering the U.S. Navy twin-engine performance, power and safety in a single-engine package that is less expensive to buy and maintain.“With the TH-119, we are delivering what we are calling a full-spectrum training helicopter,” Andrew Gappy, Leonardo’s director of Navy, Marine Corps and federal programs, told sister publication RW&I. “It’s equally capable in one configuration to do every flight they currently do in the syllabus. It still has plenty of room to grow.”“You’re basically getting…

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