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Saturday, September 18, 2004

Maiden Flight of first Finnish NH90
The first NH90 destined for the Finnish Armed Forces took off for a successful maiden flight on september 15th at Eurocopter's production site and headquarter in Marignane. The aircraft is the first serial produced NH90 in France The flight was conducted by one test pilot and two flight engineers over more than one hour around the area of Marignane and Marseille under full fly-by-wire conditions, during which high speed levels were reached and the flight envelope of the basic aircraft was tested. The success of the campaign was observed by an official Finnish representative.

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