EC175/Z-15 performes its maiden flight.

Eurocopter celebrates the maiden flight of its new EC175 helicopterhttp://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=62778The EC175, the latest member of the Eurocopter range, today performed its official maiden flight in the skies above Marignane. At the controls were Alain Di Bianca, Eurocopter Experimental Test Pilot, as well as Michel Oswald and Patrick Bremont, Flight Test Engineers.