Baroque
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Post by Baroque on May 9, 2013 14:36:42 GMT 1
 On Jon Ostrower's twitter feed. Link |
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XWB
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Post by XWB on May 9, 2013 15:07:19 GMT 1
No flaps. This picture must be a month old or so.
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Post by Baroque on May 9, 2013 16:46:29 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on May 13, 2013 19:39:28 GMT 1
Come on Bombardier! Airbus has pulled ahead of you now. Time to roll out your baby in full colours!  |
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XWB
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Post by XWB on May 13, 2013 19:49:32 GMT 1
I'm now pretty convinced that the A350 will fly first. It's not only in paint but MSN001 already did a lot of the required ground tests before being painted. The only things left for MSN001 are the engine runs and taxi tests.
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Post by philidor on May 13, 2013 22:36:16 GMT 1
I'm now pretty convinced that the A350 will fly first. It's not only in paint but MSN001 already did a lot of the required ground tests before being painted. The only things left for MSN001 are the engine runs and taxi tests. I agree, but pictures recently posted by Bombardier tend to show that they have more prototypes (5) at an advanced stage of assembly. So far, Airbus only has two of them, with MSN 2 upcoming, so who is actually ahead of the race ?? |
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XWB
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Post by XWB on May 14, 2013 8:25:00 GMT 1
That's also hard to say. The assembly process is very different, A350 sections arrive fully equipped in the FAL whereby final assembly goes (much) faster.
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