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Navy/USMC

Leonardo’s Navy Trainer To Gain Instrument-Flight Certification Within the Month

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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Leonardo’s Navy Trainer To Gain Instrument-Flight Certification Within the Month

Leonardo's TH-119 training helicopter at the Navy's League's 2019 Sea-Air-Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo: Dan Parsons)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Leonardo Helicopters has completed flights of its single-engine TH-119 necessary for instrument flight rules certification and should gain FAA approval in coming weeks. If successful, the TH-119 — Leonardo’s pitch for the U.S. Navy’s next-generation training rotorcraft — will become the first single-engine IFR certified helicopter in decades. IFR certification allows a pilot to fly the aircraft through bad weather, where pilot visibility is limited, using only onboard avionics and navigation instruments. The Navy is requiring…

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