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PICTURES: A350 subjected to extreme hot and cold
An Airbus A350-900 test aircraft has undergone two and half weeks of extreme weather tests at a laboratory in Florida. “The A350 XWB test aircraft (MSN2) has completed extreme weather tests at the McKinley Climatic Lab at Eglin Air Force base in northwest Florida,” says Airbus in a statement. (www.flightglobal.com) Plus d'info...
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As a simple lay person, and a Boeing fan....still, this is just cool.
Interesting, but they only went to +45²C ( 113²F ). It can get to 50²C ( 122²F) here in Phoenix Arizona, and 56.7 °C ( 134 °F ) in Death Valley California.
The Phoenix airport runs busily often with temperatures above 113F.
The Phoenix airport runs busily often with temperatures above 113F.
http://www.airlinereporter.com/2014/05/photos-video-airbus-a350-xwb-conducts-extreme-temperature-testing-in-florida-lab/
