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ATR-42/600 airplane starts its flight test campaign

Toulouse, France - The aircraft is powered with Pratt&Whitney 127M engines

The ATR-42/600 pre-series aircraft successfully took to the sky for the first time yesterday in Toulouse. The aircraft, powered with Pratt & Whitney 127M engines, took off at 3:00 pm (local time) and completed a 2-hour flight, thus starting a flight test campaign of approximately 75 hours. Among other checks, the aircraft underwent tests regarding performance of the engines and well-functioning of...

fra/pec - 1115218
Rome, Italy, 03/05/2010 14:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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