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FTA-2 airplane, second prototype of Mitsubishi Regional Jet completes first flight

Nagoya, Japan - First delivery of the model in mid-2018

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI) today conducted the first flight of the second flight test aircraft (FTA-2) of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), their next-generation regional airplane. FTA-2 took off from Nagoya Airport and confirmed its basic characteristics and functionality in airspace off the Pacific coast. FTA-2 will carry out flight tests primarily to...

fra/pec - 1175577
Rome, Italy, 05/31/2016 15:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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