A350 XWB first flight Landing

Some pictures & videos of the LANDING will be uploaded in this post.

The aircraft returned to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport at 2.04 p.m after having made a low pass over the airport, and was welcomed by EADS Prsident and CEO Tom Enders and Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Bregier, among others.

It performed a fly-by at Toulouse in landing configuration before touching down on runway 32L at 14:06.

 

  

Pre-flight pictures

Some pictures & videos of the PRE-FLIGHT will be uploaded in this post

First flight. Pictures during the flight

Some pictures of the FIRST FLIGHT will be uploaded in this post.

After validating all the flap configurations, chief test pilot Peter Chandler signalled that the aircraft was "behaving extremely well", cruising at 13,000ft, and that the crew was preparing to climb to 25,000ft to explore a higher speed regime.

The aircraft reached 25,000ft about 3h after take-off and then headed west towards Pau.

Some 30min after lift-off the aircraft, travelling at about 190kt, retracted its landing-gear for the first time.

A350 XWB first take off has been done with British punctuality. 10:00h

Some pictures & videos of the TAKE OFF will be uploaded in this post.
Congratulations to all people working in the A350 XWB!

T/O speeds: 145/145/170

T/O thrust: TOGA

ZFW: 171.345 kg

Ramp weight: 221.510 kg

Total fuel: 50.170 kg

25 seconds to lift off . Peter said Vr at 140 kt. Full thrust acceleration of course.

It lifted off from Toulouse Blagnac's runway 32L at 10:00 on 14 June after a 25s ground run. The crew concentrated the flight pattern initially on a region to the southeast and east of Toulouse, around Carcassonne and Pamiers.

A350 XWB First Flight. 14/June/2013. Let’s watch it fly!

Time has come to enjoy the most magical moment we are all waiting for when working on a development Programme. Let’s enjoy the fruit of our combined efforts and dedication to this beautiful aircraft and let’s watch it fly! 

Didier Evrard. Head of A350 XWB Programme

http://www.a350xwbfirstflight.com/

Inside the MSN001 of the First Flight.

There are no seats for passengers. There are a lot of orange cables, monuments, special wiring and a lot of stuff. Everything painted in orange is for FTI; Flight Test Instrumentation.

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There is an evacuation system for flight crew with parachutes. There are orange tubes in the ceiling panels to guide the pilots and test engineers to the emergency exit.

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The flight test station is located in the middle of the aircraft, on the wing. They will help the pilots to fly and to perform different tests. There are 30 cameras installed in the MSN001; a lot of the looking to the landing gears. It´s about 600.000 parameters that are recorded during the flight and are sent to the ground control room where 100 people are monitoring all these parameters and analyzing the data.   

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There is a special seat for Emanuel Constanzo (the famous Manu) who is the test engineer in charge of the engines. From his seat he will be able to watch the engines through the windows and monitor all their parameters in a special monument.

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In the aft section of the fuselage, instead of seats there are water ballast (300kg each). This allows changing the load plan of the aircraft for testing.