WINGS From Portugal, joined May 2005, 2829 posts, RR: 73 Posted (4 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 3168 times:
Well Flight International has provided us with some very interesting information regarding the A380 program. It seems that previous targets for Power On have slipped by 3 months. Hopefully they will manage to recover the lost time.
First A380 with redesigned wiring harnesses poised for power-on
The first Airbus A380 assembled with redesigned electrical harnesses is expected to reach the power-on milestone next week, but the airframer concedes that the build effort has taken longer than planned as it did not want to endure a repeat of the production problems suffered in 2006.
* Dubbed "Wave 2", the first aircraft with the redesigned harness to enter the final assembly line (FAL) was MSN026 - an aircraft destined for delivery to Qantas at the end of this year.
This aircraft had originally been due to reach the power-on milestone by the end of last year, but this is now expected by "the middle of next week", says A380 FAL chief Jean-Claude Schoepf.
Five of the 27 A380s assembled so far are Wave 2 aircraft, says Schoepf. A total of 13 A380s have flown - five development aircraft, six Singapore Airlines aircraft, and one each for Emirates and Qantas.
*Schoepf says that the cabin installation and painting of the first Emirates A380 has been completed at Hamburg. "This aircraft will now undergo modifications that have resulted from the flight-test programme to bring it up to production specification, as well as finalisation of cabin furnishings requested by the customer," he adds.
*Airbus plans to deliver 13 A380s this year, and although two of these have already been completed (for SIA) Schoepf concedes that this production plan is "still not yet secure"
Khobar From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2379 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (4 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 3109 times:
Quoting WINGS (Thread starter): Well Flight International has provided us with some very interesting information regarding the A380 program. It seems that previous targets for Power On have slipped by 3 months. Sad Hopefully they will manage to recover the lost time.
I guess less than perfect news on the A380 was inevitable, but this seems like a minor glitch they are well on top of, so that's good.
PlaneInsomniac From Canada, joined Nov 2007, 554 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 3040 times:
Nice to see that the final production version of the A380 is finally coming along.
On the other hand, I cannot fail to see the irony in that more than one plane manufacturer seems to have been struggling with a power-on deadline recently
Am I cured? Slept 5 hours on last long-haul flight...
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