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Airbus pushes A350 freighter toward final validation

Comprehensive ground testing has commenced for the A350F, with new procedures tailored to its freighter-specific innovations.
Flightglobal

Airbus expects main-deck cargo door fit for initial A350F test aircraft early next year

Airbus has yet to fit the main-deck cargo door to its initial A350F test aircraft but is expecting to take delivery of the assembly early next year. While much of the airframe for MSN700 – fuselage, ...
Flightglobal

Airbus completes wings for initial A350 freighter flight-test airframe

Airbus has completed the initial wing set for the A350 freighter at the manufacturer’s UK production facility in Broughton. The wings for the twinjet cargo aircraft, designated the A350-1000F, will be ...
Jane's Information Group

Airbus launches flight-test campaign with H160M maiden flight

The first of two H160M flying prototypes departs on its maiden flight from Airbus Helicopters' Marignane facility in France. (Airbus) Airbus has begun flight trials of the H160M Guépard (Cheetah) ...