Originally Posted by
fly_high
The photos of today's flypast at Toulouse (the 4 test aircraft A380 MSN 001, MSN 002, MSN 004 and MSN 009) were something else, very impressive.
What will happen to these 4 aircraft once the testing and certification is complete? Will one/two/all of the aircraft become the first passenger-carrying A380s sold or will they be retained as further test/museum items?
Presumably some of them will have flown so many hours in all sorts of conditions that they will have some wear and tear before too long?
According to an e-mail I received from Airbus this morning:
Details on the further utilisation of the developmental aircraft will be announced at a later date.
Anybody here have any thoughts on this?