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Speculating here, but pilots have flight hour requirements for various certifications. Maybe this is a flight that had to happen to log hours but isn’t otherwis
by kharms 9y ago
Speculating here, but pilots have flight hour requirements for various certifications. Maybe this is a flight that had to happen to log hours but isn’t otherwise necessary so the pilot decided to have some fun.
- alistairSH 9y agoI imagine an airliner flying a pattern this large would take the involvement of more than just the pilot/crew. ATC, airline's planning/staffing group, ground crew (fueling), etc.
- joezydeco 9y agoPre-delivery checkout flight. Airbus' A380 delivery office is at the Finkenwerter plant.
- VonGallifrey 9y agoIt is the Airbus Flight Test Team[0]. The Hamburg XFW Airport is used by Airbus to test their new A380 just before delivery. This Christmas flight was the First Flight of this Tail ID so I would guess that it is a new A380 being tested. The second flight of this A380 looks more like what we usually see here for these kinds of Test flights[1]. Back and forth usually near Hamburg or over Berlin. [0] https://twitter.com/Airbus/status/940962395463266305 https://twitter.com/Airbus/status/940962395463266305 [1] https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-wwae/#fcc5ca7 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-wwae/#fcc5ca7
- eric_h 9y agoIt's a test flight - I think the plane needs to log hours.