First ever microcutaway of Airbus' A350 XWB

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The Airbus A350's first metal will be cut in the last quarter of this year on the horizontal cruciform, followed by the first lay-up of a production fuselage panel. Didier Evrard, head of the A350 XWB programme says: "We will start assembling and equipping the major components for the first A350-900 in early 2010 for delivery to the Toulouse final assembly line in early 2011." Continue reading...