mjoelnir
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Post by mjoelnir on Jul 6, 2013 17:19:48 GMT 1
If I count the lines on that schedule, FF of MSN 1 was expected between 1 June and 31 July.
And it seems that MSN 3 should fly end of September.
So FF middle of June seems to be good, perhaps we see MSN 3 in the air before end of September.
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cargobull
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Post by cargobull on Jul 6, 2013 19:27:59 GMT 1
maybe october
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XWB
in service - 11 years
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Post by XWB on Jul 20, 2013 21:24:29 GMT 1
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Post by Jkkw on Jul 21, 2013 1:34:31 GMT 1
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Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Jul 21, 2013 14:17:37 GMT 1
I'm a bit confused as to why it's taking long for MSN003 to join the test fleet. It was structurally complete before MSN001 took first flight. And MSN001 didn't take this long to get engines, the paint and move onto first flight after that stage.
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XWB
in service - 11 years
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Post by XWB on Jul 21, 2013 14:45:06 GMT 1
As long as MSN3 is inside station 30, it is not structurally complete. And assembly of MSN3 is not taken as long as you think, I count 8 months between FAL start and first flight versus 10 months for MSN1.
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Post by Flying Dutchman on Jul 22, 2013 9:32:12 GMT 1
Maybe they are doing adjustments based on MSN1 test flights? So It's not an exact copy but they want to incorporate improvements based on the flights so far?
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XWB
in service - 11 years
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Post by XWB on Jul 22, 2013 21:11:04 GMT 1
MSN3 was moved to station 18 today.
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philidor
in service - 6 years
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Post by philidor on Jul 22, 2013 23:33:07 GMT 1
Thank you for the good news about MSN 3 and MSN 2, XWB. I am going to celebrate the progress with a good beer. Cheers to all !
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Post by airboche on Jul 23, 2013 12:50:02 GMT 1
First flight is planned for the end of september as of today.
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