A380 first flight

[flyboy_14]

I have read (source my secret ) that the A380 is going to fly for the first time on April 22 2005!

[Craig.]

i would say 20th to the 30th. date specific is impossible till a day or two before the flight. weather and crew readyness needs to be good.

[C]

I have read (source my secret ) that the A380 is going to fly for the first time on April 22 2005!

Yes, I read a similar source today, maybe on A-net or pprune - I can't remeber which. Second half of April, it will fly when they're happy to. I'll put a fiver on Wednesday. Don't know why...

[Craig.]

As long as it isnt the 26th i dont care when it is:)

[Mr. Bones]

The wale will fly next week. The crew will consist of six people, among them testpilots Claude Lelaie and Jacques Rosay...both well known in the industrie.

[Craig.]

again it can be any day except tuesday. Or tuesday but any time before 1:30pm and after 3:30pm

[C]

The wale will fly next week. The crew will consist of six people, among them testpilots Claude Lelaie and Jacques Rosay...both well known in the industrie.

Surprising that - one being Airbus Chief test pilot and the other being Airbus chief exec (I think). Shame that the flight crew represents all the nations of the project bar one...