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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Airbus A350-1000 concludes New Zealand Visit

Airbus A350-1000 demonstrator F-WLXV conducted a somewhat protracted flight 13 February with a departure from Auckland at noon. It was planned to operate via overhead New Plymouth, Rotorua then back to Auckland however inclement weather saw the jet climb to 20000ft and head west over the Tasman Sea before returning to a soggy landing 71 minutes later. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AIB108

Four hours later the A350 was on its way to Tokyo/Haneda making the journey in 10hr 23min. Those assembled for its departure were treated to an unexpected high angle of climb departure not often conducted by an airliner!


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