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Thu, Sep 25, 2014

First Flight: The Airbus A320neo

Airplane Left The Ground At Noon Local Time In Toulouse, France

The first A320neo to fly lifted off at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France at 12 noon local time Thursday.

The aircraft was flown by Airbus Experimental Test Pilots Philippe Pellerin and Etienne Miche de Malleray. Accompanying them in the cockpit were Test-Flight Engineer Jean-Paul Lambert. Monitoring the progress of the flight profile were the Flight-Test Engineers Manfred Birnfeld and Sandra Bour-Schaeffer.

This aircraft, MSN6101 with registration F-WNEO, started assembly in March of this year, followed by roll-out in July. Since then, it has undergone various checks and ground tests in preparation for the first flight today.

Airbus began taking orders for the re-engined single-aisle airliner in late 2010, and currently has about 3,250 of the airplanes on its order books. Qatar Airways is the launch customer for the airplane, which is currently expected to enter service in 2015.

(Images provided by Airbus)

FMI: www.airbus.com


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