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Aviation Week flies the A350 answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

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  1. It’s the fastest, highest flying, largest capacity and longest range twin-engine plane they have ever built.
  2. It has about 2 degrees more sweep than the A330 and with the curved winglet and other features, it keeps the aircraft flying very smoothly at .85 Mach.
  3. It’s the preferred cruise speed for long-range aircraft.
  4. Each engine produces 84,200lbs of thrust.
  5. To name a few things, It has six displays in the panel, optional head-up displays, left and right side-sticks (which don’t provide tactile or visual feedback of the other pilot’s inputs). It has centrally located thrust levers and keyboard and cursor control devices.
  6. The plane was at 75% of its maximum takeoff weight so they used reduced thrust to save engine wear.
  7. It’s going to give Boeing’s best planes some tough competition.

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Aviation Week flies the A350

Here’s an interesting video from Aviation Week which shows their chief aircraft evaluation editor flying the left seat of the A350.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What’s unique about the A350 for Airbus?
  2. What’s special about the wing on the A350?
  3. What’s significant about .85 Mach?
  4. How much thrust can each A350-900 engine produce?
  5. Describe the layout of the A350’s cockpit?
  6. Why did they use reduced thrust for takeoff?
  7. What’s the final verdict on the plane?

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Aviation Week Pilot Report: Airbus A350

Aviation Week chief aircraft evaluation editor Fred George flew left seat in Airbus’s new big twin, the A350, with Airbus chief test pilot Peter Chandler in the right seat and Christian Norden on the jump seat as safety pilot.

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A350 wing test

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. There is more than 2,500 tonnes of steel in the cage.
  2. They plan to pull the wings with great force to test their strength.
  3. They have 12,000 sensors to record data.
  4. Its displacement is up to 5.2 metres under the maximum load.
  5. They pressurise the aircraft to a level that would be worse than in space, more than 1.3bar.

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A350 wing test

Here’s an interesting video that shows the wing testing process that the Airbus A350 had to pass.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

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  1. How much steel is there in the cage around the plane?
  2. What do they plan to do to the wings?
  3. How many sensors do they have to record data?
  4. When the maximum load is applied to the wing, what is its displacement?
  5. How much do they pressurise the aircraft?

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Pushing the A350 XWB to the brink

Airbus’ thorough programme of static ground testing — including mechanical load and pressurisation evaluations — proves the A350 XWB’s structural limits before the aircraft can make its first flight.

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A350 first flight answers

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Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

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  1. It has a “swept wing at the end” and looks like “it’s wearing sunglasses”.
  2. The CEO of Airbus and the CEO of Qatar Airways.
  3. He felt very emotional, and thinks that the A350 is 50% of the future of Airbus.
  4. He said it was perfect, there were lots of amenities for the passengers, comfortable seats and was happy that it was full.
  5. No, it was delivered almost one year late, but in aircraft terms, that’s pretty much on time.

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A350 first flight

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Here’s an interesting video about the first flight of the A350 with paying passengers.
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Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

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  1. What distinctive features does the A350 have that make it easy to identify?
  2. Which famous passengers were on board?
  3. How did the Airbus CEO feel about the flight?
  4. What was Akbar Al Baker’s opinion of the new plane?
  5. According to the video, was the A350 delivered on time?

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