Today, the first variant of the Airbus A320neo family took to the sky - with an Airbus A321neo making its first flight. Airbus A321neo taking off from Airbus Hamburg on its first flight - Image, Airbus The Airbus A321neo made its first flight from Airbus's base in Hamburg today, making a five hours and 29 minutes sortie, where tests were conducted and to validate the … [Read more...]
Airbus A320neo completes its first flight
Airbus have been working away with their updated version of their narrowbody aircraft - the Airbus A320neo. The new version of the Airbus A320neo entered assembly in March, and rolled out in July. Yesterday, the new aircraft (registered as F-WNEO, frame MSN6101),it took its first flight into the skies to begin the test and certification campaign. During … [Read more...]
First Boeing 787-9 completes its first test flight sucessfully
A short while ago, ZB001 - the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner completed its first flight from Paine Field to Boeing Field in Seattle. The plane completed a five-hour sortie, which took it over Washington State and Mount Rainer according to Flightaware: Image and Data: Flightaware - http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1 The plane landed safely at Boeing field at … [Read more...]
Bombardier CSeries FTV-1 completes its first flight
FTV-1 - the first Bombardier CSeries CS100 took to the skies safely today. FTV-1 with the nosewheel up - Image Bombardier. The plane took off shortly before 9:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, and completed an initial sortie of 2 hours and 29 minutes, landing back at Montreal Mirabel Airport safely and intact. This represents a lot of big steps. For … [Read more...]
A350 to take its first flight on Friday
This is a bit hot as I've just come in from work, but this should make a few people excited, with multiple sources (WSJ, Reuters Aero) confirming that Airbus will be taking their first Airbus A350XWB into the air for the first time on FRIDAY 14th JUNE. A350 out of the paint shop picture - Image - Airbus. First flight is of course subject to weather … [Read more...]
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Welcome to GhettoIFE.com! I'm your host - Kevin - and I'll be here to guide you through the maze of modern travel, and hopefully add some insightful comment and humour. With GhettoIFE getting on for 2 years old, I've had a bit of a design refresh, and tidied up, so for older viewers who make it here - yes, it's the same content will all the usual sarcasm as always. As … [Read more...]