787 Pre-Flight
While ZA001 and ZA002 are being readied for first
flight, Boeing is expected to deliver its verdict on the data collected
from the static tests conducted last weekend on ZY997. The results will
serve as a go/no-go for Boeing to fly the 787 with the side-of-body
reinforcement the week after next.
More on 787 as the day/week progresses.
A400M First Flight
On Friday, if the weather cooperates, a long delayed aircraft program will take to the sky. No, not the 787, but the Airbus A400M transport. MSN001 has completed taxi trials up to 80 knots at the company’s Seville, Spain facility. Flightglobal’s Defense Editor Craig Hoyle reports:
MSN001 will fly with two pilots, two flight test engineers, one
handling qualities specialist and one engine specialist on board, and
will relay real-time information to telemetry rooms in Seville and
Toulouse, enabling about 100 more personnel to monitor its performance.
The aircraft is expected to lift off at a take-off weight of about
125t, says Isorce – 16t below its maximum limit.
G650 Second Flight
After an interim fix for a landing gear door vibration was found after the G650’s abbreviated first flight, N650GA took to the skies again on Friday for a 1-hour and 45-minute flight over the Atlantic coast of Georgia. The second flight of N650GA was spent evaluating the aircraft’s pitot-static systems, avionics, hydraulic systems, electrical power generation and distribution, flight controls, and cabin environmental and pressurization controls. The aircraft reached an altitude of 9,500 feet and a speed of 240 knots.
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