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Airbus: first A-350XWB "MSN1" airplane for the flight tests

Toulouse, France - Its maiden flight will be in mid-2013

Airbus has successfully completed the main structural assembly and system connection of A-350 XWB ‘MSN1’ – the first flight-test aircraft. The aircraft is depicted here on its wheels for the very first time moving out of the main assembly hall (Station 40) at the recently inaugurated “Roger Béteille” A-350 XWB Final Assembly Line in Toulouse. It then entered the adjacent indoor ground test station (S...

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Rome, Italy, 12/05/2012 15:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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