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So does "successfully completes maiden test flight" mean "the aircraft passed all of the tests we put it through" or "the aircraft didn't fall out of the sky"?
by archon 13y ago
So does "successfully completes maiden test flight" mean "the aircraft passed all of the tests we put it through" or "the aircraft didn't fall out of the sky"?
- JshWright 13y agoGenerally speaking the purpose of the maiden flight isn't to actually test anything (other than the obvious "does it fly"), but rather it's more to collect that will be used to design the scope and scale of future tests.
- archon 13y agoThanks, that's what I wanted to know.
- chollida1 13y agoWell to give you a frame of reference the Boeing 787 completed its maiden flight on December 15th 2009 and actually flew commercially on October 26, 2011. On the other had the Boeing 747 had better luck. From its wikipedia page: First flight February 9, 1969 Introduction January 22, 1970 with Pan Am