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Could the Boeing 787-9 near vertical takeoff demonstration be performed by Airbus A350 aircraft?
No.
Firstly, as a comment noted, the takeoff was hardly "near vertical", the camera angle makes it look so. The takeoff angle in the video certainly is much steeper than a normal one, but Airbus ...
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What type is this aircraft and engine at Munich airport?
The fact that it is a single deck, twin engined aircraft with that distinctive wingtip confirm that it is an Airbus A350, operated by Lufthansa. The -900 series is the only A350 in service at this ...
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First time passenger flight by two pilots?
It is never “the first time”. What he is really saying is that after many hours of flying the aircraft (or an approved simulator) this is the first time doing a revenue flight with passengers. ...
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Why didn't the A330neo and A320neo share the cockpit of the A350?
The short answer is that it's what the market wanted. There is always a lot of discussions between the airlines and manufacturer's before Airbus or Boeing commits to building a new aircraft. In ...
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What is that yellow square to the right of the main entry door of this Lufthansa A350?
It's a yellow square that says Willkommen / Welcome. In one case I have seen that additional text was written into the square with a black (removable?) marker.
Source
This website explains it like ...
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First time passenger flight by two pilots?
Just to point out the obvious:
This got me thinking, does it ever happen that two pilots take their first passenger flight on a given type together
You don't even have to know anything about ...
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Who manufactures the landing gear on the Airbus A350 series aircraft?
The landing gears are manufactured by Messier-Dowty, a Safran group company. According to their site,
Safran Landing Systems is responsible for the design, development, qualification testing, ...
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How does the A350/380 operate on Variable Frequency AC generators?
Not specific to aviation but general electric equipment: AC with a consistent frequency is important whenever you transmit power through solenoids directly fed from mains voltage. Now, traditionally, ...
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What is the function of the protruding outlet on the Trent XWB?
That is the drain mast and breather outlet combined. There's some discussion about this in airliners.net (not the same engine, but I sure they are similar):
The exhaust from the air/oil separator ...
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How is the crew rest area on the A350 accessed?
It looks like your image came from this article, since they have the exact same one.
According to Boeing, this is the most practical place, and Airbus has finally decided they agree.
For the first ...
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Why didn't the A330neo and A320neo share the cockpit of the A350?
To add to Gerry's answer (and this will be slightly too long for a comment), there is a huge disadvantage to drastically changing the cockpit when going from an A320 to the A320 NEO or from a B737-300 ...
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First time passenger flight by two pilots?
[D]oes it ever happen that two pilots take their first passenger flight on a given type together [...]?
Yes, it does. In fact, it happened in exactly that flight you linked:
Found out that it was ...
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Why are the cockpit windshields on the A350 black?
The gold tint on the 787 window is a conductive coating for de-icing.
Dreamliner jet flight-deck crews will view the world through commercial aviation's largest windshields by PPG, kept clear of ...
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Why does the A350-900 call out to retard at 20 feet above the runway?
Why is it like this and not like normally at 0 feet?
Normally is not 0 feet: all Airbus (maybe with the exception of the A380, that might have a longer flare) have a "Retard" call at 20ft, not at 0ft....
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First time passenger flight by two pilots?
My answer considers EASA (European) rules.
As a general rule after a transition training in simulator, there is line-flight training in real aircraft. That is flying with (experienced) instructor, ...
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Why is Airbus proceeding with both the A330neo and A350 XWB?
Actually the A330neo is already eating up into the A350-800 orders so much that they have abandoned it.
“Their A350 strategy has failed -- they’re really down to one successful model,” Boeing ...
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Is the A350 more efficent than the B787?
The answer as to why companies seem to be favoring the 787 over the A350 is in several parts, none having very much to do with efficiency.
First, a grand total of just 6 A350 XWBs have been built. ...
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Why are some A350s missing SSA probes on their nose?
You are right: the three side slip angle probes are redundant because side slip can be calculated by the ADIRS without these probes. Airbus included them in earlier A350 models to crosscheck this ...
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Why does the A320 still have this old fashioned nose?
Cockpit windows that sit flush with the fuselage can save a very small amount of drag, but they require large double curvature window panes. Manufacturing such panes is significantly more expensive ...
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Why is Airbus proceeding with both the A330neo and A350 XWB?
Mainly because of customer concerns.
Airbus, or any other aircraft manufacturer can propose a bunch of variants in its catalog, but it's the airlines that defines what aircraft are to be developed ...
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What features are cursor controlled on the A380 Navigation Display?
This is what the KCCU looks like:
Source: A380-800 Flight Deck and Systems Briefing for Pilots
Each KCCU is connected to its FMS:
Source: A380-800 Flight Deck and Systems Briefing for Pilots
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Did Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation fix this GPWS problem?
EGPWS/TAWS is the fix for this problem...
The original Ground Proximity Warning Systems were indeed quite limited due to their inability to know anything about anything besides what was under the ...
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what is the difference between max nose wheel steering angle and effective steering angle?
When the two sides of the main landing gear move, each one tends to force a circle with its own radius and center, and is at the same time influenced by the nose landing gear own radius of turn.
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What are these things on the A350's instrument panel?
These are the EFIS CP (EFIS Control Panels) for the captain's and First Officer ND's (respectively). For example, clicking on the ARPT button will display airports on the relevant ND (Navigation ...
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Is the passenger capacity of the A350 really only 250 pax?
Airbus themselves give max passenger seating 440, and typical seating 3-class 300-350, for the A350-900. https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/passenger-aircraft/a350xwb-family/a350-900.html
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First time passenger flight by two pilots?
For the very first flight of a new type at a given airline, obviously none of the pilots will have flown it with passengers before, though that crew will have undergone extensive training in sims and ...
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How many thousands of flight hours does it take to certify a jetliner?
Airbus states that both the A380 and the A350-900 initially required over 2,600 flight hours for EASA/FAA certification:
Airbus’ 21st century flagship A380 was certified by the two major ...
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