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Airbus brings the A350 to DFW for a visit
There was a French visitor at American Airlines maintenance hangar at DFW Airport on Monday. Airbus flew in one of the test A350s from Toulouse, France late Sunday evening and put it on display for the media and employees at American. The Fort Worth-based carrier has 22 A350-900 XWB aircraft on order with the first delivery expected in 2017. The aircraft in Fort Worth is the second A350 off the Airbus assembly line and is on its way to Florida to a climate temperature testing facility. It is the… (blogs.star-telegram.com) Altro...
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Does the tail number WWCF mean Wocka-Wocka Carbon Fiber?
<"This cabin is a good bit wider than the A330 we fly today," said Captain John Dudley, an Airbus pilot for American.>
Really? According to the Airbus web site the width of the A350 is 5.96 m, while the A330 has a width of 5.64 m. That 0.32 m increase (~1.0 ft) represents a 5.6% increase. That's "a good bit wider?"
And what A330 is American Airlines flying today?
Really? According to the Airbus web site the width of the A350 is 5.96 m, while the A330 has a width of 5.64 m. That 0.32 m increase (~1.0 ft) represents a 5.6% increase. That's "a good bit wider?"
And what A330 is American Airlines flying today?
What's with the goiter around the belly?
I have posted several pictures of the aircraft here at KDFW if you would like to check them out.
I noticed the aircraft has "mood lighting." Is that like a mood ring?
new airline name suggestion: American Sellout
