Airbus A318 Completes First Flight At Hamburg Facility
Airbus yesterday successfully began the A318 test flight program with a 224-minute flight from the manufacturer's Hamburg facility. The flight crew put the Pratt&Whitney PW6000-powered twinjet through a variety of routine tests, gathering data on buffet and control characteristics close to stall, as...
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