Tuesday, February 21, 2012

First flight for the Airbus A350's Trent XWB jet engine

The engine for Airbus' new A350 XWB jetliner made its successful maiden flight on 18 February, 2012. Installed on the A380 flying testbed aircraft, the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB powerplant demonstrated its performance and fuel efficiency during an airborne evaluation of more than five hours.

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