harty236
Outfitting in Hamburg
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Post by harty236 on Jan 16, 2014 20:47:28 GMT 1
Finally! Any idea why this bird took so long to take to the skies?
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Post by FabienA380 on Jan 16, 2014 20:49:23 GMT 1
Not too long in fact, just 7 weeks from roll out to first-flight, including 2 week-holiday break... ...right in the average of around 5 weeks! (congrats on your 500th post harty236!) Fabien
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XWB
in service - 11 years
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Post by XWB on Jan 16, 2014 20:50:45 GMT 1
Finally! Any idea why this bird took so long to take to the skies? First flight usually is 1 month after roll out; FAl roll out was on November 28, 2013 meaning first flight would have been at the end of December or the beginning of January. Now Airbus was closed during the holidays so you lose two weeks.
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harty236
Outfitting in Hamburg
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Post by harty236 on Jan 16, 2014 20:52:53 GMT 1
True. I guess it felt like a lot longer.
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noistar
Final Assembly Line stage 2
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Post by noistar on Jan 17, 2014 2:05:37 GMT 1
True. I guess it felt like a lot longer. I had the same impression but put it down to a general Air France attitude towards their A380s. Asians 1 didn't help - rollout same day and transfer almost as soon as the fresh air touched its fuselage! Mind you, Qatar 3 is reluctant to take the plunge!
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harty236
Outfitting in Hamburg
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Post by harty236 on Jan 17, 2014 17:47:14 GMT 1
True. I guess it felt like a lot longer. I had the same impression but put it down to a general Air France attitude towards their A380s. Asians 1 didn't help - rollout same day and transfer almost as soon as the fresh air touched its fuselage! Mind you, Qatar 3 is reluctant to take the plunge! It was the same for Qatar 1 IIRC
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noistar
Final Assembly Line stage 2
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Post by noistar on Jan 17, 2014 23:30:57 GMT 1
I had the same impression but put it down to a general Air France attitude towards their A380s. Asians 1 didn't help - rollout same day and transfer almost as soon as the fresh air touched its fuselage! Mind you, Qatar 3 is reluctant to take the plunge! It was the same for Qatar 1 IIRC A380/Airbus certainly keeps us on our toes. Convoy arrival to delivery does not seem to be the same route for frames. I want to see how long it is for Asiana in OF. Before I get told off for wandering off thread, I wonder what the delivery time for this frame will be. I wasted no end of convoy bets expecting it to appear and now it's arrived it seems to be an 'as and when' frame. As with everything, time will tell!
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spotterxfw
in service - 2 years
Hometown XFW
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Post by spotterxfw on Mar 27, 2014 20:04:58 GMT 1
its in the flightline unpainted
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Post by FabienA380 on Mar 27, 2014 20:21:54 GMT 1
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spotterxfw
in service - 2 years
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Post by spotterxfw on Mar 27, 2014 20:31:12 GMT 1
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