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Post by Flying Dutchman on Jun 12, 2013 10:33:31 GMT 1
If the flight is successfully they will still want to check all systems and the structure before further flights; a second flight on Monday a third on Wednesday and a flyby on Thursday!
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Post by Baroque on Jun 12, 2013 14:39:27 GMT 1
First flight needs to be uneventful to be able to have a chance at flying during the weekend as the aircraft needs at least 10 hours of flying to be allowed to overfly the airshow. FF is usually 4 hours, so the remaining 6 have to be flown in the weekend... I was surprised at how quickly they intend to get to some of the extremes of the planes capabilities. They will reach the maximum cruise speed of mach 0.89 and maximum altitude of 43,000 ft. during the first flight itself.  |
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Post by bmw801 on Jun 12, 2013 14:57:44 GMT 1
First flight needs to be uneventful to be able to have a chance at flying during the weekend as the aircraft needs at least 10 hours of flying to be allowed to overfly the airshow. FF is usually 4 hours, so the remaining 6 have to be flown in the weekend... I was surprised at how quickly they intend to get to some of the extremes of the planes capabilities. They will reach the maximum cruise speed of mach 0.89 and maximum altitude of 43,000 ft. during the first flight itself. They seem to be very confident about the A350's quality... |
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Post by Flying Dutchman on Jun 12, 2013 18:16:39 GMT 1
If they are flying for 4 hours they will have time to gradually increase speed and altitude I guess. If something is not going well they will obviously cut it short.
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Post by Linie 9 on Jun 12, 2013 19:58:40 GMT 1
Will there be anything like Airbus-TV on the internet?
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Post by XWB on Jun 12, 2013 20:30:38 GMT 1
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Post by bmw801 on Jun 12, 2013 21:54:52 GMT 1
Here is an additional vid from Airbus:
Composites on the A350 XWB
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Post by bmw801 on Jun 12, 2013 22:01:44 GMT 1
and....
Painting the A350 XWB for flight
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Post by XWB on Jun 12, 2013 22:02:28 GMT 1
The aircraft visible from 1:28 is MSN003 in station 30.
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Linie 9
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Post by Linie 9 on Jun 13, 2013 0:49:28 GMT 1
Merci! Is 10:00 local time or UTC? |
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