A350 Engine in Flight Test
The Trent XWB engine for the Airbus A350 made its first flight from Toulouse on Feb. 18, attached to the wing of an A380 testbed. Airbus says the engine performed “flawlessly” during the 5-hr.-plus flight, which tested the initial operating envelope to 43,000 ft and Mach 0.9. With a fan diameter of...
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