VIDEO: finally flying, new Canadair CSeries airliner proto

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AiGiJgf9Y

After months of delays and build-up, Bombardier’s first CSeries flight test vehicle has finally lifted off, departing runway 06 around 09:55 on a cool morning at Montreal's Mirabel airport.

A crowd of hundreds of mostly Bombardier employees gathered along the runway cheered as the aircraft became airborne – its Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engines nearly inaudible from a few hundred feet away.

...and lots more at
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ht-390578/

http://luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nl-NL/Articl ... _luchtruim

Nederlandse inbreng is er bij de CSeries ook: Fokker Elmo is verantwoordelijk voor het ontwerp en productie van de bekabeling in het vliegtuig.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Bombardi ... 2317523/M/

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/ ... ares-rise/ is a good read