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Post by peter on Apr 21, 2013 21:31:25 GMT 1
Airbus expects certification of the A321 sharklets in the middle of the year. What's the difference between sharklets on an A319, A320 or A321 ??
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Post by someone on Apr 22, 2013 11:33:37 GMT 1
MSN 5603, to be the third A321 with sharklets, has been allocated to Thomas Cook Airlines. I assume this will then be the first A321 delivered with Sharklets as the test aircraft usually requires some modification/"clean up" before being delivered?
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Post by someone on Apr 22, 2013 11:35:39 GMT 1
Airbus expects certification of the A321 sharklets in the middle of the year. What's the difference between sharklets on an A319, A320 or A321 ?? Nothing, but it just needs to be certified with each subtype, and each engine variant for each subtype. Thus you see there is two test aircraft per type, one with CFM and one with IEA engines
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Post by starbucks on Apr 22, 2013 12:52:46 GMT 1
MSN 5603, to be the third A321 with sharklets, has been allocated to Thomas Cook Airlines. Great news! Now lets monitor aviation-friends-hamburg-forum.de for the first pictures
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Post by starbucks on May 15, 2013 9:39:56 GMT 1
Just been looking at flightradar24.com and I noticed that D-AZAK (CFM proto) has not been flying for a month now (Apr. 19 as AIB7300) Could it be that certification is imminent?
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Post by FabienA380 on May 15, 2013 16:18:57 GMT 1
Ah! posts are apparently eventually finally showing but not all apparently... I was doing a test see if it was posting... Fabien
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Post by starbucks on May 15, 2013 16:37:46 GMT 1
Great it's working again!! What I posted earlier... It seems like (acc. to flightradar24.com) that D-AZAK (CFM testbed) hasn't been flying since April 19... (AIB7300) Could it be that certification is imminent? //Edit: In other news, D-AZAE (IAE testbed) made it's 21st flight today
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Post by Baroque on May 15, 2013 17:02:24 GMT 1
Ah! posts are apparently eventually finally showing but not all apparently... I was doing a test see if it was posting... Fabien You mean my post fixed it all? Yay! lol. But I still cannot see your post to which I replied to, even though it is visible in the "recent posts" section. And left of the thread title, there's an anchor icon saying "This thread is falling." Whatever that means...?
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Post by starbucks on May 16, 2013 16:07:43 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on May 16, 2013 16:18:51 GMT 1
Does anyone know if US Airways is getting Sharklet A320/A321s? Are customers allowed to upgrade prior orders with Sharklets before start of construction?
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