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Airbus: second A-350XWB test aircraft successfully completes first flight

Toulouse, France - Lasted approximately five hours

The second A-350XWB aircraft to fly, MSN3, has just landed back at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France, after successfully completing its first flight that lasted approximately five hours. The A-350 XWB test aircraft, MSN3, was flown by Frank Chapman and Thierry Bourges, Airbus Test Pilots. Accompanying them in the cockpit was Gérard Maisonneuve, Test Flight Engineer, while three Flight Test Engineers...

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Rome, Italy, 10/14/2013 18:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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