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First A-350/1000 airplane successfully completes first flight

Toulouse, France - Lasted four hours and 18 minutes

The first of three A-350/1000 development aircraft to fly –MSN059– has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France at 15:00hrs local time of yesterday after successfully completing its first flight which lasted four hours and 18 minutes. The crew in the cockpit on board this flight comprised: Hugues van der Stichel, Experimental Test Pilot; Frank Chapman, Experimental Test Pilot and Gérard Maisonneuve, Test...

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Rome, Italy, 11/25/2016 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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