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After almost two months Air France’s fifth A380 (MSN052) has finally transferred to Hamburg for outfitting.
MSN052′s is soon to be joined by sister-ship (MSN064).
Convoy #18/2010 has been announced and is scheduled to begin on October 11.
The convoy will be carrying a center fuselage and tail plane for Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074), along with a forward and rear fuselage plus a wing pair for a yet unknown MSN.
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Yesterday, Qantas’s tenth A380 (MSN062) performed her first and ferry flight from Airbus’s Toulouse A380 plant.
This was the first A380 ferry flight in over a month and confirms the rumors that MSN062 was to overtake MSN052 (Air France #5), MSN064 (Air France #6) and MSN065 (Singapore Airlines #13).
MSN062 only spent twenty three days on the flightline prior to her first flight, which beats the previous record (Held by MSN045) by two days.
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Yesterday, Air France’s sixth A380 (MSN064) performed her first flight. This was no ordinary first flight, in fact it marked a major milestone for the A380 program. MSN064 just happens to be the fiftieth A380 constructed.
All of us here at A380 Production would like to congratulate Airbus and everyone involved in the A380 program on getting to this milestone.
Both MSN064 and MSN052 (Air France #5) will be stored in Toulouse until a spot opens up in the outfitting bays in Hamburg.
Final Assembly Line – Update:
Lufthansa’s sixth A380 (MSN066) had it’s first engine installed this week. We don’t expect to see MSN066 on the flightline until the end of September.
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Yesterday, Air France’s sixth A380 (MSN064) began taxi tests.
A rejected take off test is scheduled for today, While the first flight is scheduled for Friday.
Delivery to Air France is scheduled for April 2011.
Image Courtesy of Yannick DELAMARRE
Air France’s fifth A380 (MSN052) has finally performed her first flight.
First flight occurred yesterday. She is now on the flightline, waiting for a spot to open up in Hamburg.
Updates from Hamburg:
Air France’s fourth A380 (MSN049) was delivered on Thursday, exactly one year after she was convoyed to Toulouse
Emirates’s twelfth A380 (MSN046) is planned for delivery on Thursday.
Emirates’s thirteenth A380 (MSN042) has been spotted fully painted on the Hamburg flightline. Delivery is expected in September.
Image Courtesy of David BARRIE
A lot of people have been asking us, “what is going on with Air France’s fifth A380 (MSN052)?”.
Well to tell you the truth, we have no idea. She was rolled out in late May and has been on the flightline or the flightline hangars ever since. The latest schedule still states it will be transferred to Hamburg in August, But we wouldn’t be surprised if it slipped into September/October.
Image Courtesy of David BARRIE
Tuesday saw Lufthansa’s fifth A380 (MSN061) perform it’s first flight.
This puts Lufthansa in fourth place of number of A380s flying. Emirates have fifteen, Singapore Airlines have twelve, Qantas have nine, Lufthansa have five and Air France have four.
