Mitsubishi intensiverer testingen av MRJ90 i USA - Curt Lewis

Third MRJ90 flight test aircraft arrives in US Three MRJ90 flight test aircraft at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. A third Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. MRJ90 flight test aircraft has arrived in the US, where the majority of MRJ90 flight testing is taking place. The aircraft took off from Nagoya, Japan Dec. 14 and -- after stops in Guam, the Marshall Islands, Honolulu and San Jose, California -- arrived Dec. 19 at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, from where the MRJ90 flight test program in the US is based. Total flight distance was 14,000 km and total flight time was 20 hours and 10 minutes. One more MRJ90 flight test aircraft is expected to arrive in the US soon. The four US-based MRJ90 aircraft will be utilized in an expedited flight testing program. Mitsubishi Aircraft is aiming to certify the MRJ90 in the first half of 2018 and deliver an MRJ90 to launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) for entry into service in the second half of 2018. A fifth MRJ90 flight test aircraft will remain in Japan. In total, Mitsubishi Aircraft plans 2,500 hours of flight testing to gain certification.