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Post by XWB on Nov 9, 2013 15:25:09 GMT 1
A350-900 | MSN6 Qatar Airways #1 | Test registration | F‑WZFA | Registration | A7-ALA | Roll Out (TLS) | September 29, 2014 | First flight | October 15, 2014 (AIB01FA - #6 to fly) | Re-roll out (TLS) | November 17, 2014 | Flight Test | November 21, 2014 (AIB02FA) | Flight Test | November 26, 2014 (AIB03FA) | Photo Flight | November 29, 2014 (AIB04FA) | Flight Test | November 29, 2014 (AIB05FA) | Flight Test | December 2, 2014 (AIB06FA) | CAF | December 6, 2014 (AIB07FA) | CAF | December 9, 2014 (AIB08FA) | Flight Test | December 11, 2014 (AIB09FA) | Flight Test | December 11, 2014 (AIB10FA) | Flight Test | December 15, 2014 (AIB11FA) | Flight Test | December 17, 2014 (AIB12FA) | Delivered | December 22, 2014 | Press flight | December 22, 2014 - QR3350 TLS-TLS | Delivery flight | December 23, 2014 - (#1 delivered) - QR3350 TLS-DOH | EIS | January 15, 2015 - QTR67 DOH-FRA |
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XWB
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Post by XWB on Nov 9, 2013 17:10:49 GMT 1
Both wings are painted and are now waiting for the Beluga to arrive in Broughton.
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spotterxfw
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Post by spotterxfw on Nov 9, 2013 19:14:06 GMT 1
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Post by tris06 on Nov 10, 2013 15:36:58 GMT 1
When comparing to msn 5, I noticed at this stage it was at the end of August when section 19 arrived in Hamburg. So we had a whole 2 months between arrival in Hamburg and FAL start. So this in November would mean FAL start in January? Which seems 1-2 months slippage from the plan of 6-12months ago. Also surprised.. its 2 months between msn 5 and msn 6 so we're still at 1 frame every 2 months when they wanted to have a production of 1 per month by the end of this year. This is a worry for ramping up production.
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Nov 11, 2013 1:06:22 GMT 1
When comparing to msn 5, I noticed at this stage it was at the end of August when section 19 arrived in Hamburg. So we had a whole 2 months between arrival in Hamburg and FAL start. So this in November would mean FAL start in January? Which seems 1-2 months slippage from the plan of 6-12months ago. Also surprised.. its 2 months between msn 5 and msn 6 so we're still at 1 frame every 2 months when they wanted to have a production of 1 per month by the end of this year. This is a worry for ramping up production. I think you are being unnecessarily pessimistic here. The following link to an A.net thread provides interesting estimates. Of particular interest is reply N° 145 (by poster Ferpe), which includes a table displaying actual and predicted dates. www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5894270/#142Based on past production times, and on the date of arrival of MSN6 wings to Bremen, Ferpe predicts that fuselage join should happen on December 15th, and that wings/VTP/HTP should be joined to fuselage no later than December 27th. This would be in line with Bregier's forecast that MSN 6 should be in FAL before year-end. EDIT: the above mentioned table also can be read at: docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlVgPnmHLOovdFdzbVlyQzhYNDhCb1VFN1RkYXkwV3c#gid=9
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spotterxfw
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Post by spotterxfw on Nov 11, 2013 18:33:34 GMT 1
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Nov 11, 2013 19:25:49 GMT 1
The forward fuselage ! Keep bringing more parts !
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Post by FabienA380 on Nov 11, 2013 19:48:40 GMT 1
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Post by spotterxfw on Nov 11, 2013 20:13:52 GMT 1
the cockpit caming in Toulouse on this part
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XWB
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Post by XWB on Nov 12, 2013 9:53:59 GMT 1
Indeed. It will be joined with the nose section in Saint-Nazaire.
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