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CSeries ‘On Track’ for First Flight in Second-Half of 2012

Bombardier expects to complete all the so-called data sets for the CSeries airliner by year-end.

bombardier — Parts continue to arrive at Bombardier’s CIASTA facility in Mirabel each day for function and reliability testing. Bombardier has completed a significant portion of the detailed design phase of its 100- to 125-seat CS100 as it prepares for first flight during next year’s second half.

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

November 12, 2011

Bombardier expects to complete all the so-called data sets for the CSeries airliner by year-end, as the Canadian company continues its deliberate march toward a second-half 2012 first flight of the 100- to 125-seat CS100.

In fact, by the time program vice president and general manager Rob Dewar spoke with AIN in the run-up to this Dubai Air Show, the program had progressed “well over” halfway through its detailed design phase, and several parts had already arrived at supplier sites and in Mirabel, Quebec, at Bombardier’s complete integrated aircraft systems test area (CIASTA). That testing and proving facility is designed to assess systems for reliability and functionality before the first prototype flies.

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