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#AIRBUS #A350XWB | #AsianaAirlines – it’s first in the making – #A350-900

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As Airliners set to replace their older aircraft fleets for more fuel, environmental efficiency Aircraft in which can cover more range also with decrease in travelling time  efficiency…. South Korean- Asiana Airlines has been doing the same with like Cathy Pacific in fleet replacement… Asiana Airlines is Airbus twelfth A350XWB-900 series customer….. In which on 24th April 2017, have taken its delivery from Airbus Toulouse France Assembly plant… This is the First Asiana Airlines taken delivery with it’s first A350-900 following with another thirty orders…

As all the components arrive at the Toulouse France Assembly plant, assembly takes place with the fuselage then the wings, its rudder, with the fins takes shape of an aircraft once assemble it’s taken to the paint shop for livery to be painted on, layered with a strong primer coat, then the aircraft is tested   with the interior cabin installments before it sets out for its formal delivery …

#BOEING #B737MAX | Chilling out for certification for Flight testing in the Siberian winters..

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As part of the testing processes for certification of a new aircraft also to test to see if any given any changes that needed to modify before it’s certified for the aircraft production and ordering for any new clients..  One method is for Boeing also Airbus uses is call the cold testing… Taking the Boeing 737Max Aircraft into unfamiliar environments, in where this case one of the most coldest regions on Earth, winter bounded Russia in where a cup of hot water when thrown in mid-air automatically turns to snow, in which is so cold that your hair, will freeze on an instant faster than instant noodles..

As the testing team, was testing the aircraft in those beyond minus forty degrees Celsius, mostly everything of any liquids was removed, also the aircraft Boeing 737Max is powered down for the night over the till the Siberian morning came in till they have to resupply the B737Max systems thermally warm supplied fuel into its tanks from the heater Trucks , also any liquid based systems quickly, also this gave to chance to modified any quality assurances systems that may check off previously, once refueled, resupplied it was ready to fly into its next certification programme to assure customers reassurances that the Aircraft is built for to survive  this type of harsh environments that’s under taking..

#AIRBUS #A380-800 | #ANA All Nippon Airways – new livery symbolizing good luck and prosperity in Hawaii

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As “ANA- All Nippon Airways” is already set to received its first “Airbus 380-800” in which is set to be delivered in the 2018 calendar,  also it’ll be used in the on route catering towards Tokyo to Hawaii flight path catering as ANA’s Flagship carrier…. Also as it’s All Nippon Airways first A380-800 is celebrated with Hawaiian luck and prosperity as it flies on route with is new livery with collection of artistic green sea Turtles in which  has all the hallmarks livery colours of ANA, also it very cute has the Airbus 380 smiles greetingly, welcoming as it swims, glides across the skies, along with smaller turtles in the livery in which ANA in the past did with some impressive anime’s liveries… the final livery featured was from over two thousand submissions from an open competition recently……….

#AIRBUS #A330-200 | the next generation of Beluga XL in awaiting ……………….

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Currently in construction, there’s something exciting in the works of “Airbus” in its aircraft construction assembly line in Toulouse, France as incoming part from different European partnerships, in processing phase of assembling the next generation of the Airbus 300-200 Beluga XL, in which in its current fleet there are five in service providing the essential components transportation to Airbus Toulouse in the final phase of assembly of Aircraft..  The current Beluga is based around the Airbus 300-200 series, in which heavily modified to accommodate the carrying various aircraft fuselage in sections to the assembling points….

The Beluga is a baseline inspirationally from the Boeing carrier aircraft the Super Guppy in which provided the transportation of aircraft fuselages to Airbus in its early days. As Aircraft sections grew in size a larger, powerful aircraft is need to transport the parts..  Currently the core components airframe of the aircraft has been structurally reinforced.. In which was done in December 2016 the process will takes twelve months to modified to complete into the daughter of the Beluga in during that duration the airframe is constructed in Airbus  building L34…  then later the installments of mechanical, engineering, electrical systems impendent.. then it’ll be tested in 2018, certified then operations in 2019, to carry an whole set of Airbus 350 WXB Wings.. as the current Beluga is based on the Shorter A300 jetliner, the Beluga XL is based form the longer version of A330-200 in which accommodate more space to carry..

#AIRBUS | AIRBUS Family Spirit in flight formation… celebrating International Civil Aviation Day…

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On seventh December 2016, France, “Airbus” celebrated also in preparations for International Civil Aviation Day… in doing so during the flight planning process to assemble various Airbus flight teams whom flight in various flight formation of the Airbus aircraft family in sequences of  first the Diamond , to Echelon formation, to the final formation separation is the Enlacement..   With the command corvette aircraft to film the whole flight formation…

During the flight formation the pilots of each aircraft of composing A320-Neo, A330-200, A350-900, also the flagship the Airbus 380-800.. Will be least sixty to eighty meters away from each other… As Thierry Bourges – Experimental Test Pilot Mission leader explains the process in preparation as the four aircraft in Diamond formation the critical part is the break up formation in where the two wing aircraft’s displaying altitude of ten degrees.. With a full stick deflection… the composition of Airbus flight teams are from various countries, the English, Spain, Italian, French, German air force pilots retired from service, but flying is their passion..