Aircraft
Bombardier Now Flying Two Flight-test Global 5500/6500s
Aircraft are currently based at the Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita.
Two Bombardier Global 5500/6500 flight-test vehicles are now in "active testing" at the company's facility in Wichita. Certification and service entry are scheduled for late 2019. (Photo: David McIntosh/AIN)
Two Bombardier Global 5500/6500 flight-test vehicles are now in "active testing" at the company's facility in Wichita. Certification and service entry are scheduled for late 2019. (Photo: David McIntosh/AIN)

Bombardier Aerospace now has two flight-test vehicles (FTVs) engaged in “active testing” for its Global 5500/6500 program, the company announced yesterday. The flight-test aircraft—a Global 6500 FTV unveiled in May at EBACE and another representing the Global 5500—are currently based at the Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita.