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Post by addasih on Aug 16, 2023 4:18:10 GMT 1
| A350-900 | MSN668 Air France #31 | | Test registration | F-WLXV | | Registration | F-HUVM | | Roll Out (TLS) | April 22, 2024 | | First flight | May 15, 2024 (AIB01XV) - (#524 to fly) | | Flight test | May 24, 2024 (AIB02XV) | | CAF | June 5, 2024 (AIB03XV) | | CAF | June 12, 2024 (AIB04XV) | | Delivered | June 14, 2024 | | Delivery flight | June 20, 2024 (#516 delivered) - AFR377V TLS-CDG |
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Post by addasih on Aug 16, 2023 4:18:18 GMT 1
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Post by addasih on Aug 17, 2023 5:48:28 GMT 1
MSN612 is the 22nd,MSN616 is the 23rd, MSN627 is 24th, MSN633 is 25th, MSN640 is the 26th, MSN650 is the 27th and MSN668 is the 28th, did I miss any?
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Post by addasih on Aug 17, 2023 13:51:58 GMT 1
kronus wrote at 350 msns: 7 new msn all for AF, according to ATDB: msn 643 planned delivery Oct 23 msn 650 ---------------- Nov 23 msn 658 ---------------- Dec 23 msn 660 ---------------- Dec 23 (leased from ALC) msn 664 ---------------- Jan 24. (leased fromALC) msn 666 ---------------- Jan 24 msn 668 ---------------- Feb 24 So i think msn658 may be AF29? MSN 660 and 664 are not yet spotted. We will adjust the number when someone report them seen or we see a picture for them. |
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Post by ff on Aug 17, 2023 15:12:18 GMT 1
The photo is definitely showing 0668 on the frame.
There is not much point to discuss whether this is AF29 or AF33, we can't even confirm this frame will definitely for Air France. From past experience, they do change customer sometimes.
That's why I didn't even create a thread for it, and left it in the FAL thread. It is too early to discuss these details, before we saw a photo or a spotter's report of a painted tail that associated with a particular MSN.
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Post by ca350 on Aug 17, 2023 16:32:15 GMT 1
For frames that are far in advanced in production list. I don't think it was worth to put in the frame number in the title at all. We can leave them something like (AF) if we know the operator and we can always add them close to delivery.
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Post by ff on Aug 17, 2023 17:31:28 GMT 1
Hi ff, thanks. Should this thread (or min the "AF29" or change to "AF" of "AFxx") better delete complete, why it's speculativ? In the first line of this thread is "MSN650" standing. Can it change to "MSN668", please? Agree, but I am not a moderator or administrator, so I can't change the title of any thread. |
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Post by ff on Feb 6, 2024 0:38:58 GMT 1
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Post by addasih on Feb 6, 2024 4:32:39 GMT 1
Not sure if it’s a mistake but it doesn’t follow previous A350 test registrations
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Post by ff on Feb 6, 2024 10:41:40 GMT 1
Not sure if it’s a mistake but it doesn’t follow previous A350 test registrations Test Reg F-WLXV was first used on MSN065 (TX #1) from Feb 2016 to Dec 2019. It was an odd reg indeed, because it was an Airbus test frame, and LXV is 65 in Roman numerals. The second time, it was used on MSN438 (QR #22) from May 2020 to June 2023. Airbus re-assign a test reg to a frame, and it typically takes about six to eight months from the previous frame been delivered, to the new frame with the same reg appearing in TLS. So this one is spot on, in terms of timing. |
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