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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Airbus A350 Moves Closer to Maiden Flight

With the reported transfer of the first test airframe from engineering development into the flight test department, it would appear that first flight is inching closer.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/a350-prototype-transfers-to-flight-test-team-386563/

Rynders / Sonex Loses Power on Test Flight

It's not immediately obvious whether Mr. Rynders was flying an AeroVee or Jabiru engine on his homebuilt, but it looks like he was very fortunate to walk (actually swim) away from this one.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/22440487/downed-pilot-on-test-flight-it-was-a-failure