First A350 XWB Gets Its Engines, APU
The A350-900 destined to make the type’s first flight undergoes final preparations for installation of its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines in Toulouse, France. (Photo: Airbus)
The A350-900 destined to make the type’s first flight undergoes final preparations for installation of its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines in Toulouse, France. (Photo: Airbus)

A plainly visible sign of progress on the Airbus A350 program emerged last week with the installation of the first pair of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and the new Honeywell HGT1700 auxiliary power unit at the airframer’s production facilities in Toulouse, France.