First Airbus A318 With CFM56 Engines Enters Flight Testing

CFM56-5B8 engines powering an Airbus A318 took their first flight yesterday on a four-hour, two-minute trip from the Airbus facility in Hamburg, Germany, to the manufacturer's headquarters in Toulouse. Yesterday's flight was actually the second in the A318 testing program. The aircraft's first...

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