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EADS completes successfully 1st flight test of A-330 MRTT aircraft

Madrid, Spain - The flight testing has been primarily devoted to civil certification

The first A-330 MRTT prototype MSN747 has landed at EADS MTAD facilities in Getafe, Madrid at 12:15h local time after completing Phase 1 of the flight testing that has been primarily devoted to civil certification. EADS MTAD has officially announced the conclusion of a key Australian A-330 MRTT programme milestone. Flight Test Phase 1 has been conducted in just 3 months logging up a total of 63...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1085995
Rome, Italy, 02/18/2008 16:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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