A350 First Flight - "LIVE"....

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

For those who are interested in such things, this is a link to the Maiden Flight of the A350 - IF it goes, warts & all.....

Lots of 'Talking Heads' filling in time, so far....
Program commenced at 14 0700Z (14th June 2013...)

A350 XWB First Flight | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer (http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/a350-xwb-first-flight/)

or,

secondary*| Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer (http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/a350-xwb-first-flight/a350-xwb-first-flight/)

Enjoy...:ok:

[Jack Ranga]

I can't believe I'm writing this...............that thing look's pretty groovy :cool:

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Noted for 'posterity'..............and...........possible future evidence JR..!!

:}:} :p

[Ultralights]

initial impression was, i am looking at the 787 when it was first released in concept pictures

[Defenestrator]

Gotta go with Jack. First Airbus I've ever thought of as aesthetically pleasing to look at.

Nice....

D

[kingRB]

it doesn't look too bad.

For an airbus

[Jack Ranga]

Griffo.............it'll never be the queen of the sky ;) but considering the usual airbooos offering it ain't bad! So stick that in your dirt file :ok::}

[the_rookie]

The nose looks similar to the ejet. Very nice

[zappalin]

I watched parts of the Airbus feed last night, the little feature on the flight test crew was really well done! I was sure the Aussie press would be all over it too. Or at least acknowledge it.

The Age had a great article today titled "State of the art goes sky high [...] at Boeing" and of course "Steve Colquhoun travelled to Seattle as a guest of Jetstar, Qantas and Boeing." (http://www.theage.com.au/business/state-of-the-art-goes-sky-high-at-boeing-20130614-2o9yj.html#ixzz2WFm1RQH3)
Strangely enough, despite some versions of the A350 directly competing with some versions of the 787, it didn't rate a mention.

Oh well, even if Fairfax didn't like it, News Corp would have covered it:
A350 takes off for battle with Boeing. (http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/a350-takes-off-for-battle-with-boeing/story-e6frfkur-1226664192624)
And to be fair they did, but only couching it in terms reminding us that Airbus has a fight on their hands.

What gives? I would have thought at least some commentators could have got behind a relatively trouble free and hype free aircraft roll out, as we'll be seeing quite a few of these at Australian airports in years to come.

...or perhaps they're waiting for Paris next week!


edit: sorry for not referring to the REAL aircraft names (A350-XWB or 787 Dreamliner), I can't be bothered.