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Post by addasih on Nov 14, 2020 19:52:05 GMT 1
| A350-1000 | MSN492 Virgin Atlantic #8 | | Test registration | F-WZGM | | Registration | G-VEVE | | Roll Out (TLS) | August 24, 2021 | | First flight | August 31, 2021 (AIB01GM) - (#59 to fly) unpainted | | Flight test | October 11, 2021 (AIB02GM) | | Flight test | November 18, 2021 (AIB03GM) | | Flight test | November 19, 2021 (AIB03GM) | | CAF | November 23, 2021 (AIB04GM) | | CAF | November 25, 2021 (AIB05GM) | | Delivered | December 1, 2021 | | Delivery flight | December 2, 2021 (#57 delivered) - VIR847P TLS-LHR |
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Post by ff on Dec 30, 2020 22:53:54 GMT 1
Registration: G-VBOB
Aircraft name: Soul Rebel
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Post by ca350 on Jan 4, 2021 19:23:44 GMT 1
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Post by FabienA380 on Mar 14, 2021 0:13:58 GMT 1
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Post by ff on Apr 28, 2021 15:58:29 GMT 1
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Post by peter on Apr 28, 2021 19:44:02 GMT 1
F-WZGM, Virgin logo is just viewable. Also has Airbus Production Aircraft on this frame. Yes, and no longer using stickers to apply the test registration. |
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Post by ca350 on Aug 14, 2021 4:01:04 GMT 1
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Post by diazluxo6 on Aug 14, 2021 11:13:38 GMT 1
Correct me if i'm wrong but is the test area where they perform final checks before the test flights?
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Post by ff on Aug 14, 2021 11:53:49 GMT 1
Correct me if i'm wrong but is the test area where they perform final checks before the test flights? To me, what's been described as "test area" by the spotter is not equal to flightline, and certainly doesn't mean roll out. There are five frames been described in "test area" that we haven't seen at flightline before (with the current production rate, and in the holiday month of August, I think this is highly unlikely to be roll out), and it even includes QR frame MSN409 - we all know what happened between QR and Airbus. My guess is the spotter may have included the spaces around outfitting area, which currently been used as some sort of short term storage or temporary parking before entering the next stage of production. Back to MSN492, Virgin is only expecting to take this frame around April next year, probably too early to start flight test now, unless something changed significantly. |
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Post by ca350 on Aug 14, 2021 16:08:03 GMT 1
Correct me if i'm wrong but is the test area where they perform final checks before the test flights? To me, what's been described as "test area" by the spotter is not equal to flightline, and certainly doesn't mean roll out. There are five frames been described in "test area" that we haven't seen at flightline before (with the current production rate, and in the holiday month of August, I think this is highly unlikely to be roll out), and it even includes QR frame MSN409 - we all know what happened between QR and Airbus. My guess is the spotter may have included the spaces around outfitting area, which currently been used as some sort of short term storage or temporary parking before entering the next stage of production. Back to MSN492, Virgin is only expecting to take this frame around April next year, probably too early to start flight test now, unless something changed significantly. Totally agreed with you. Maybe should've called it flightline area or something, but anyways, let's use pictorial evidence for rollout n stuff. |
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