Leonardo AW169 Start Up & Takeoff - AgustaWestland AW169 Whiteman Airport N652LA

01-12-2022 Here is a Leonardo SPA Starting Up & Taking off as the Southern California Sun is falling very fast from the Whiteman Airport. You can check out the Leonardo Helicopters Official Website at helicopters.le... and the USA Website at usa.leonardoco... Thank You for Watching & Please Subscribe.
Manufacturer Name: LEONARDO SPA
Model: AW169
MFR Year: 2017
Serial Number: 69052
The AgustaWestland AW169 is a twin-engine, 10-seat, 4.8t helicopter developed and manufactured by the helicopter division of Leonardo (formerly AgustaWestland, merged into Finmeccanica since 2016). It was designed to share similarities with the larger AgustaWestland AW139 and AgustaWestland AW189.

[@charliebowman785]

Agusta 109 A power is the most beautiful helicopter ever and 169 is the stretched version. Two candies with rotor.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I have to agree with you Charlie, Thank you for watching 😎👍

[@javierjosechavezbenitez3707]

Beautiful "last light" footage! Large chopper, Italian, and clearly showing family ties with the A109. Loved the jet-like taxiing. Thanks & Cheers, Ed!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Javier, I Apologize again, I was lucky I caught this and yes defiantly family ties with the AW109.

[@javierjosechavezbenitez3707]

@@EdWhisenantAviation If you think of it, all Leonardo choppers look very, very similar. Very strong family resemblance! Thanks, Ed & Gail!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@javierjosechavezbenitez3707 You are so right about they all look similar.

[@bisonaviation1217]

She looks Beautiful

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you my friend 😎👍

[@TheHDAviation]

Sweet catch Ed, that looks like a nice luxury ride. Nice dusk footage!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hi Jesse, thank you for checking it out 👍😎

[@frankthomas855]

Helicopters are incredible! Great video Ed love the after dark takeoff!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Frank, thank you for stopping by, glad you liked 😎👍

[@FlyingJournalism]

The pilot: let me take my sweet ass time starting up because I want more facetime on Ed whisanet aviation🤣👍👍

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

👍😎Ya Right LOL and I waited about 30 minutes before the rotors started turning and it got really dark on departure but better then nothing - Thank you my friend 👍😎

[@fredfox22]

Red Bull Photo Bomb!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Ya, how about that, thank you for watching 👍😎

[@MUCSpotter]

Fantastic video of a great Helicopter !!! LIKE

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you very much my friend 😎👍

[@matthiashaenni]

Very beautiful footage of this AW169 🤩👌

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you very much Matt 😎👍

[@Hoverfiles]

Great footage, beautiful machine!👍👍👍

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you Ruben 😎👍

[@ThuyTran-gc8rd]

Ed, I love the sound of the helicopter at takeoff and I never known that the sun set that fast!

[@DomAZ]

Great helicopter and nice night takeoff. Also nice capture of the red bull helicopter and passengers train.👍

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Dom, ya that was cool in one video to catch Red Bull, a train. Thank you very much for watching 😎👍

[@jeromemervelet54]

Love the scenery during its dusk catch👍 after H145 other great catch

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hi Jerome, ya I had a good evening two great choppers that I never get to record. Thank you for watching 👍😎

[@RailfanNetwork]

Nice little chopper!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you Anthony 😎👍

[@foxxray54]

Great dusk footage Ed 👍The AW169 is such a great looking helicopter. Must have been an awesome spotting evening for you 😎

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Fox, yes I lucked out with a awesome spotting evening. Thank you very much for watching 😎👍

[@FlyingJournalism]

Super sick dusk footage

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@FlyingJournalism Yahoo and thank you again 👍😎

[@flyingrotorphoto]

There it is.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Yup there it is 😎👍

[@josegeraldoreis]

When you get a chance take a flight on agustawestland aw109.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Believe me I would love to fly in a AW109 but has not happened yet 😢😢

[@DruSteel69]

Nice catch, Ed.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you Dru 😎👍

[@plane.spotting]

Great spot dude!!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Germany, thank you from the U.S.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

That is different than the aw109

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Scott, yes this AW is much bigger, Thank you for watching and have a good weekend 👍😎

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@EdWhisenantAviation yeah Eddie

[@helicoptersandmore5519]

Wasn't this a beautiful take off? Really neat video!🔥

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you so much my friend 😎👍

[@helicoptersandmore5519]

@@EdWhisenantAviation Your welcome! What's your favorite plane/helicopters?🔥

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@helicoptersandmore5519 That is a very tough question

[@jordinaviation4460]

I like the AW139 better!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Awesome Jordin, thank you for watching 😎👍

[@jordinaviation4460]

@@EdWhisenantAviation you're welcome!

[@user-D407]

Man, our CFI would lose his mind if we ran the engines that long without taking off! Nice machine though.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Ya & I had to cut a lot of it out,

[@napierwszejlinii]

Nice chopper :D

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you very much 😎👍

[@jarosawadamprzywozny4016]

Do lotniczego pogotowia ratunkowego go kupić.

[@napierwszejlinii]

@@jarosawadamprzywozny4016 PZL Świdnik promuje go dla LPR, bo LPR potrzebuje obecnie trochę większych śmigłowców niż EC-135

[@jarosawadamprzywozny4016]

@@napierwszejlinii i ma rację,dajmy zarobić polskiej firmie,a nie komuś na zachodzie,czyli airbusowi

[@napierwszejlinii]

@@jarosawadamprzywozny4016 Świdnik nie jest Polski XD nawet w 1%

[@christianlebordelais]

Bonne prise....

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching 😎👍

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Good to see the Red Bull Copter still exists. Hope you are doing well Ed. :) I got to go through an AW169 about 3 years ago. Man it is a big helicopter. It almost seems pointless to me when it only a few feet smaller in every direction than a 139 lol.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I haven't been inside AW169 yet, very rare in my area. Yes the Red Bull (2 of them) are kept at this airport and Aaron practices just about every day. Thank you, I am doing ok, I haven't seen any new videos on your Helicopter channel.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@EdWhisenantAviation I'll see if I can dig something up for you in the coming days. :)

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@PNW_Car_Mods Awesome 😎👍

[@seanatchison6216]

Now N691HS.. still based in Rhode Island

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for the info and glad it's still flying 👍😎

[@thegenxradioshow1007]

If I were a celeb, this is what I'd want to roll up in.

[@maximilianrotondi941]

That’s a long time for that helicopter to warm up.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hey! Max, really great hearing from you, I hope your doing ok 😎👍

[@maximilianrotondi941]

@@EdWhisenantAviation yes I am doing okay.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@maximilianrotondi941 Glad your okay. Did you hear that Helinet sold both AS355's

[@maximilianrotondi941]

@@EdWhisenantAviation No I have not.

[@Forestryman707]

How come some helicopters also have the anti collision beacon and the belly and some don't?

[@FlyingJournalism]

Optional features...also depends on size depending on length of the helicopter

[@seanatchison6216]

This AW169 is based out of Rhode Island now

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Bummer but at least it's still flying 👍😎

[@SeventeenDrip83]

John 3:16 - For God so Loved the World that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not Condemned.

[@CallMeAhSirHKP]

Stay safe, there is a tsunami advisory in our county

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I think we lucked out on the advisory, thank you for checking it out👍👍

[@nocalsteve]

This is completely random but I don’t like the 3-bladed tail rotor. It reminds of older technology helicopters.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

What ever works for them, thank you for watching nocalsteve 👍😎

[@Ronald7077]

2 minutes of nothing before the blades turn WTF😟

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

LOL That's Show Biz. Thank you for sticking around Ron and watching and for your comment 👍😎

[@williammitchell1864]

That's a small enough helicopter they don't have to tax you they could just they could just lift off right where they were parked.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

They could, but they are supposed to follow ATC instructions. Thank you for watching William 👍😎

[@ce7545]

I thought blades turn as soon as the first engine spools up. The engine is running and nothing turning-can you explain? Is there a clutch or something