Airbus A350 completes extreme weather testing

A350 MSN002 in the USAF's McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida. (Airbus) — A350 MSN002 in the USAF’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida. (Airbus)

An Airbus A350 test aircraft has completed a series of cold weather testing at the USAF’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida.

Aircraft MSN002 and its systems were subjected to temperatures between +45 degrees and -40 degrees Celsius during the tests which are designed to prove the aircraft’s ability to withstand a prolonged hot or cold soak and then have all systems function normally afterwards.

3 Comments

Raymond

May 28, 2014 at 5:06 pm

Airbus needs to send their aircraft to the US for this? Isn’t that a bit humiliating?

Rhino

May 28, 2014 at 5:43 pm

@Raymond
Just like Boeing sending a 787-9 to Alice Springs?

Raymond

June 6, 2014 at 7:48 pm

I was thinking more that Airbus cannot seem to do its cold weather testing somewhere in Europe, but instead has to send their aircraft to the country of their major competitor.

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