Aircraft makes its first journey ‘on wheels’
4 December 2012
Press Release
Airbus has successfully
completed the main structural assembly and system connection of A350 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” A350 XWB
Final Assembly Line in Toulouse. It then entered the adjacent indoor
ground test station (Station 30).
The assembly work performed in Station 40 included
the successful electrical power-on of the aircraft's entire fuselage and
wings. Soon work in Station 30 will start by testing the aircraft's
hydraulic system, followed by the full electric and hydraulic power-on
of the aircraft which will be completed by around the end of the year.
This will mark the start of several weeks of comprehensive functional
system testing.
After the A350 XWB MSN1 exits station 30, the
aircraft will go through a series of extensive production and
certification / development tests, be painted and have its engines
installed. It will then be delivered to the flight-line and be readied
for its first flight in mid-2013.
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