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Some interesting news, Lufthansa’s fourth A380 (MSN048) has begun cabin testing prior to being painted.
To our understanding this is first tme a frame has begun cabin testing prior to being painted. We are unsure if this will become a common site. Only time will tell.
Image Courtesy of David Barrie
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 on the forum about the delivery dates for certain frames, So to quickly answer all those questions here are the delivery dates that we know of.
MSN041 (Lufthansa #2) – June 2010
MSN030 (Emirates #11) – July 2010
MSN044 (Lufthansa #3) – July 2010
MSN046 (Emirates #12) – August 2010
MSN042 (Emirates #13) – September 2010
MSN049 (Air France #4) – September 2010
MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) – October 2010
MSN056 (Emirates #14) – October 2010
MSN047 (Qantas #7) – November 2010
MSN057 (Emirates #15) – December 2010
MSN050 (Qantas #8) – January 2011
MSN055 (Qantas #9) – January 2011
MSN061 (Lufthansa #5) – January 2011
All Dates are Subject to Change
(The delivery dates for MSN035, MSN052, MSN058, MSN062, MSN064, MSN065, MSN066, MSN069, MSN071 will be posted soon)
Yesterday morning MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) performed her first flight. The flight was not just her first flight, But her ferry flight to Hamburg as well.
A spotter in Hamburg managed to film MSN048 landing in Hamburg, CLICK HERE to take a look.
MSN062 (Qantas #10) has completed Stage 1 Final Assembly and is now waiting for a spot in Stage 2. At the moment Airbus is upgrading the Stage 2 tools, so MSN062 may have to wait a week or two. We doubt this will have any effect on the delivery schedule.
And finally a video of MSN028 (Emirates #9) during a cabin flight test has been posted to YouTube, Take a look by CLICKING HERE
Images Courtesy of walkbyfeet and A380Spotter
Delays have struck MSN050 (Qantas #8). MSN050 was to be transferred to Hamburg for Outfitting in mid May, But due faulty wiring found in the undercarriage she has been delayed until mid June.
A 2010 delivery is still possible, But is likely to slip into 2011.
MSN050′s sister-ship (MSN047 Qantas #7) will be transferred to Hamburg this week.
MSN048 (Lufthansa #4) completed it’s first taxi tests on Monday and is scheduled to make a Rejected Take Off test today or Wednesday. With first flight to be around Thursday or Friday.
Emirates has made some registration changes to MSN009 and MSN028.
MSN028 was originally meant to be A6-EDJ, But will now become A6-EDI, And MSN009 was originally meant to be A6-EDI, But will now become A6-EDJ.
Image’s Courtesy of David BARRIE and Christophe RAMOS
