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Airbus bolts Trent XWB to flying testbed

Dominic Perry
 on October 18, 2011 10:16 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) |

Very much as the title of the post suggests: Airbus has mounted the first Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine to its A380 flying testbed as it gears up to launch the flight test campaign. With its 118-inch diameter fan, it's fair to describe the engine, which will power the A350, as "quite big really".

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Credit: Airbus

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