CSeries first flight test vehicle

First Bombardier CSeries Jet Lands Safely after Maiden Flight

Aircraft September 16, 2013

Bombardier CS100 C-FBCS, which the manufacturer calls CSeries Flight Test Vehicle One, landed at Mirabel Airport some 30 miles north of Montreal at 12:22 p.m. local time, following a 2 hour 29 minute first flight.

Bombardier Powers-On the First CSeries Flight-Test Aircraft

Aircraft March 25, 2013

Bombardier Aerospace has completed the first full powering-on of the main electrical distribution system on the first CSeries flight-test aircraft. Additionally, Bombardier says the two most significant wing static tests required for first flight are now complete.

Bombardier Begins Final Assembly of First Flight-Test CSeries

Aircraft October 15, 2012

The cockpit and all fuselage sections for the Bombardier CSeries first flight test vehicle (FTV1) have arrived at Bombardier’s final assembly line for the CSeries at Mirabel, Québec, and assembly of FTV1 has begun.