Aircraft
First Global 7000 Migrates To Wichita Test Center
After several successful flights since first taking to the air on Nov. 4, FTV-1 will now enter the full flight test program
The first Global 7000 arrived November 21 at Bombardier's facility at Kansas' Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, which will be home to the type's flight test program.
The first Global 7000 arrived November 21 at Bombardier's facility at Kansas' Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, which will be home to the type's flight test program.

Approximately two weeks after the first flight of the Global 7000 flight-test vehicle, and ahead of schedule, Bombardier transferred the aircraft yesterday from Toronto, where it was assembled, to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, where it will anchor the type’s full flight-test program. According to the airframer, the heavily instrumented FTV1 has successfully completed five additional flights since it first took to the sky on November 4. It will eventually be joined in the certification program by four other test birds, all of which are in various stages of construction.


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