Ok.............. I assured you they were going to fly it... big mistake Jaba...
They moved it to early June and then................
OOOOOPS!!!!
Well the July test flight is still planned, but after the weekends activities do not be surprised to find that slips a fair bit!
Plane 1 went in for fuel cell tests (with H2O) and failed miserably and this is the second failure. That however is insignificant compared to a hydraulic line failure, also seemingly not a show stopper, except that the hydraulic failure has breached the hull of a "composite" airframe.
Now I do not have the the first hand info here but repairing any composite structure is hard work but impregnated with hydraulic oil would render a repair impossible. So I am not sure what happens next, time will tell as to how bad it is, but it can not be good!
Now No.2 is not out of the wars either, some bean head ran a scissor lift into the horizontal stab............. ya gotta think there is some plot to bring this program down...... a conspiracy perhaps!
So it now has a 12 inch or so square impact damage zone and may have to be replaced!
So don't hold your breath!
J