Week on the Web

It's been a week of first flights and we've got pictures documenting them. 

 See the HondaJet (above) as it performs its first flight from Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C.

Airbus Military's fourth A400M transport made its first sortie from Seville, Spain. Dubbed Grizzly 4, the aircraft will be used mainly for cargo and air-to-air refuelling tests.

And Eurocopter completed four first flights, including the debut sortie of the second prototype EC175 heavy twin civil helicopter being built in a joint venture with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Read data obtained by FlightBlogger detailing Boeing's historic order backlog for the 787. Author Jon Ostrower says it was based partly on steep discounts driven by now-discarded design and manufacturing assumptions.

See Runway Girl's video post of SAS cabin crew rapping in celebration of an inflight gay wedding ceremony plus a video of her new song which may be heard as the sign off on each of her vlogs.

And don't forget to enter the Webbies - the Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards.  

Links

A400M Hondajet Eurocopter: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/12/17/351077/pictures-eurocopter-completes-four-first-flights-in-one-day.html

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