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A350 certification process answers

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Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. He says that it’s just the half-way point for its entry into service with an airline
  2. There are 3 certification phases; the testing before the plane flies, the flight tests, and the route proving is the final phase.
  3. Five planes were needed because there were so many tests to do and Airbus wanted to keep the program on schedule.
  4. The plane was tested under very cold weather conditions, high operating altitudes, high airports and hot weather conditions. Test were also done to the structure, aerodynamics and brakes.
  5. This phases involves proving that the plane can be operated in a normal airline environment; carrying passengers, servicing the plane, doing short and long flights with normal turnaround times and operating in a variety of airport and environmental conditions.
  6. 2,500 documents.
  7. September 2014, so they were able to maintain their schedule exactly as they planned.

As an extra activity, try taking about the certification process for the A350, record yourself and listen to check your mistakes. Use some new vocabulary that you heard from the video.

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A350 certification process

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With last week’s A320neo maiden flight and this week’s A350 certification, Airbus certainly has a lot happening at the moment! To keep up with that, here’s an interesting video that describes the certification process of the A350.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level: 5+

Have a great weekend!

  1. What does the narrator say about the first flight of a new jet?
  2. How many phases does the certification process have? What are they?
  3. Why were five A350s needed in the testing phase?
  4. What are some of the environmental ‘limits’ that the plane was tested under?
  5. What is ‘route proving’, the final phases that the A350 had to go through?
  6. How many documents were scrutinised by the aviation authorities before giving the aircraft its certification?
  7. When did Airbus promise to have the certification for the A350?

A350 XWB is ‘Good to go’ as it obtains its certification

The A350 XWB received its Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on 30th September 2014, which paves the way for the jetliner’s planned first customer delivery to Qatar Airways in the fourth quarter.

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Airbus A350 design

Here’s an interesting video about some of the design advances in the Airbus A350.

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Aviation Week Insight: Airbus A350 Design

Aviation Week’s senior editor Guy Norris looks at the technical design of the Airbus A350 during the 2014 Singapore Airshow.

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A350 at Singapore airshow

Here’s a video of the A350 at the Singapore airshow which starts on 11th February.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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A350 XWB visits Qatar Airways in Doha

Airbus’ next-generation A350 XWB made its first appearance at Doha’s Hamad International Airport, as part of preparations for its planned 2014 service entry with launch customer Qatar Airways. This flight-test aircraft — designated MSN3 in Airbus’ numbering system — stopped over in the Middle East on its way to the Singapore Airshow.