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APR 27, 2007 (newstodate): At 8.30 GMT, the Airbus A380 had its first lift-off from the aircraft plant at Toulouse.
The route on its first flight flight will take it over the Mediterranean.
The A380 is performing its maiden flight with a six-member test flight crew on-board.
The multi-national crew has undergone its own thorough pre-flight preparations to be ready for this momentous occasion, including a "virtual first flight campaign" using a simulator with actual A380 on-board computers and real cockpit systems.
Sharing command of Airbus flagship will be Captain Claude Lelaie, Senior Vice President, Flight Division and Chief Test Pilot Captain Jacques Rosay. Both captains are highly-experienced pilots who have completed a combined total of more than 13,000 hours of flight tests and performed the maiden flights of numerous Airbus aircraft including the A318, A340-500 and A340-600.
The aircraft is scheduled to land at Toulouse again at 12.30 GMT.
The route on its first flight flight will take it over the Mediterranean.
The A380 is performing its maiden flight with a six-member test flight crew on-board.
The multi-national crew has undergone its own thorough pre-flight preparations to be ready for this momentous occasion, including a "virtual first flight campaign" using a simulator with actual A380 on-board computers and real cockpit systems.
Sharing command of Airbus flagship will be Captain Claude Lelaie, Senior Vice President, Flight Division and Chief Test Pilot Captain Jacques Rosay. Both captains are highly-experienced pilots who have completed a combined total of more than 13,000 hours of flight tests and performed the maiden flights of numerous Airbus aircraft including the A318, A340-500 and A340-600.
The aircraft is scheduled to land at Toulouse again at 12.30 GMT.