A WHOLE NEW FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THE X3

Stay tuned to http://events.eurocopter.com to follow all the details of the tour. A handful of lucky customers will get just this opportunity throughout the demo tour. Before every flight, each customer will be thoroughly briefed by the X3 team to understand how the machine works and how this flight is different than any they have experienced before. The first person to fly in the X3 on Wednesday during the launch of the U.S. demo tour in Grand Prairie, Texas, is someone whose entire career revolves around high speed. Dario Franchitti, four‐time reigning IZOD IndyCar Series Champion and three‐time Indianapolis 500 Winner, took to the skies for the flight of a lifetime. "The flight was really incredible," said Mr. Franchitti after stepping out of the X3 onto the American Eurocopter runway. "Marc Paganini [President of American Eurocopter] and I had this joke that my Indy cars are faster than all of his helicopters, but I guess that they've fixed that one now! The X3 is now faster than the Indy cars. That says it all." Shootin & Editing : Thibault THEYCHENE ©EUROCOPTER, June 2012

Added 12 Oct 2026