AW109S Grand
AW109 Grand in flight
General information
Type	SAR/utilityhelicopter
Manufacturer	Agusta AgustaWestland
Status	Active service/In production
History
Manufactured	2002–present
Introduction date	2005
Developed from	Agusta A109E Power

TheAgustaWestland AW109S Grand is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purposehelicopter built by the Italian manufacturerAgustaWestland. This rotorcraft has been developed fromAgustaWestland AW109 by lengthening the cabin and main rotor blades with different tip design. The Agusta Grand is fitted with twoPratt & Whitney Canada PW207C engines whereas its predecessor AW109E has twoPratt & Whitney Canada PW206C engines. It originally entered service in 2005 and has since been used in various roles, including light transport,medevac, search-and-rescue, and military roles.

A109S Grand

Marketed as theAW109 Grand, has a lengthened cabin-upgraded civilian version with twoPratt & Whitney Canada PW207C engines and lengthened main rotor blades with different tip design from the previousAW109E version.

AW109SP GrandNew

Single pilotIFR,TAWS andEVS, with new avionics and front section of the fuselage made fromcarbon fiber to reduce weight.

AW109SP "Da Vinci"

Customised version of theAW109SP forREGA (Swiss Air Rescue), with fixed landing gear.

AW109 Trekker

AW109S Grand airframe with fixed landing skids, equipped with a Genesys Aerosystems glass cockpit.^[1]

Data from www.leonardocompany.com^[2][3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 or 2
• Capacity: 6 or 7 passengers
• Length: 12.96 m (42 ft 6 in) fuselage
• Height: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,175 kg (7,000 lb) internal MTOW
• Powerplant: 2 ×Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207C Turboshaft engine, 548 kW (735 hp) each
• Main rotor diameter: 10.83 m (35 ft 6 in)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 311 km/h (193 mph, 168 kn)
• Cruise speed: 289 km/h (180 mph, 156 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 311 km/h (193 mph, 168 kn)
• Ferry range: 859 km (534 mi, 464 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,900 m (16,200 ft)
• Rate of climb: 9.3 m/s (1,830 ft/min)

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Bell 429 GlobalRanger
• Eurocopter EC135
• Eurocopter EC145
• MD 902

Wikimedia Commons has media related toAgusta A109S Grand.

• GrandNew page on Leonardocompany.com

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• Agusta aircraft
• Search and rescue helicopters
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• Italian military utility aircraft
• Twin-turbine helicopters
• Single-rotor helicopters
• Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear

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