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It's only a prototype right now but a man in Switzerland took it for a test flight and the take-off, they say was, pretty smooth.

Before humans were sent up in the balloon, a test flight was made using three animals: a sheep, a duck, and a rooster.

She passed a battery of tests, including a physical, a test flight and a written exam the latter of which Chen said was the hardest for her.

But Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said that a test flight in the area by his airline had not encountered any problems.

Mr. Bezos said the rocketship had a test flight three months ago and was traveling at Mach 1. 2 just before last week's accident.

As if to make that clear China performed the first test flight of its new J-20 stealth fighter jet during Gates' January visit to Beijing.

Each test flight will push its capabilities further until the craft is ready to enter service, which is unlikely to happen before 2011.

The Ares I-X rocket is poised to launch on a suborbital test flight on Oct. 27 and rolled out to its launching pad earlier this week.

The eleventh test flight proved to be fatal when he plane's elevator jammed causing it plough into the ground below.

China has only completed its test flight but yet to have operational test to determine its effectiveness during any military mission.

US military scientists lost contact with an unmanned hypersonic experimental aircraft on its second test flight, officials said.

Staging the test flight of the long-secret J-20 while Mr. Gates was in Beijing amounted to an unusually bold show of force by China.

China has staged a second test flight of its new stealth fighter jet in its latest display of military strength.

Secretary Gates also has expressed his belief that it is part of our routine test flight and it is not targeted at his visit whatsoever.

Want to test-fly a Saab? Saab is looking for pilots around the globe and is offering you a test-flight in this interactive drive.

The Dreamliner's much-delayed maiden test-flight is due to take place by the end of the year.

Join the test-flight crew as they push the A380 to the extreme. They must prove its performance, safety and its airport compatibility.

But whether or not plans for Ares I proceed, the upcoming test flight will still be useful, mission managers said.

The Japanese government is irked by the airline's decision to run a test flight over some disputed islands.

Nothing like a test flight to bring out the pro-china peace lovers that also love chinese military and weapons of death and destruction.

NASA on Tuesday delayed the test flight of an unmanned prototype moon rocket due to poor weather .

The test flight was the latest display of Chinese brashness in security matters.

The X2 is an experimental helicopter being developed by Sikorsky, an American company, at a test-flight centre in Florida.

Congratulations on a truly spectacular test flight, mission control radioed the crew. Welcome home friends.

They invited the customer to see it and let him have a test flight. He was satisfied and closed the deal in two weeks.

Finally, concludes the results of open system test, flight experiment and imaging of moving targets with the prototype system.

Nor was the coincidence of the test flight with Mr. Gates' visit lost on Sina's microbloggers.

The third mission, called Orion I, is planned to launch an actual Orion spacecraft into orbit, but on an unmanned test flight, Diller said.

It is now going through a test flight training.

The first orbital test flight is scheduled for just two and a half years from now.

China's first domestic-made large civil helicopter completed its test flight Thursday in east China's Jiangxi Province.

The space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla. , on its first test flight.

The F-22 Raptor was conceived in 1981, took its first test flight in 1990, and did not enter operational service until 2004.

Chinese military experts noted that at the very least, the test flight was transparent.

The test flight was intended to verify that the plane's behaviour tallied with simulations.

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Mr Gates was welcomed to China this week with the first test flight of its military's J-20 stealth fighter.

The plane took its first test flight last month with the first Chinese test engineer trained by Airbus.

The test flight was to discover the bugs in the new plane.

Our test flight was to discover the bugs in the new plane.

In a recent test flight in France the experimental Eurocopter x3 (pronounced "x cubed" and pictured above) managed 430kph.

The aircraft's behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight.

The twin-engine J-20 made its first public test flight two weeks ago during a visit to China by U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

But ultimately, this mission is a test flight, so we'll know a lot more afterward than we'll know beforehand.

Jimmy Doolittle's test flight had shown that instruments could help pilots fly.

China has carried out its first test flight of a prototype stealth fighter jet.

In theory it could carry a warhead as far as Alaska, although a previous test flight failed within seconds of the launch in 2006.

The test flight puts China in a very elite club.

Nasa will launch a test flight in 2014 of a new deep-space capsule designed to send astronauts to asteroids, the Moon, Mars.

China performed the first test flight of the J-20 during a visit by U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in January.

This video of an Iraqi test flight obtained by UNSCOM some years ago shows an Iraqi F-1 Mirage jet aircraft.

The first China-made amphibious plane, coded Seagull 300, started its test flight Thursday, Xinhua reported.

Meanwhile, a leading expert on the Chinese military says the country's prototype stealth fighter has made its first known test flight.

It already has 149 orders or commitments from 14 airlines for the aircraft which is due to take its first test flight in early April.

In a test flight from London to Amsterdam, the airline hopes to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels.

March 2005, A380 test flight will be the first passenger aircraft to be delivered in Q2 2007 Singapore Airlines, in commercial operation.

The test flight of the helicopter for design finalisation was completed in 2000.

If all goes well, Orion 's first test flight is scheduled for September, 2014.

HTV-2, an unmanned hypersonic aircraft designed to travel at Mach 20, failed during a test flight last month.

Boeing Co. said Wednesday that its delayed 747-8 jumbo jet could make its first test flight as early as Monday.

Reaction to the test flight was mixed.

The engine cracked on the first test flight .

The test flight will now take place before the end of 2009 and the first deliveries will come in the fourth quarter of 2010.

The entire test flight lasted about 25 minutes.

HB-SIA completed its first test flight in April this year, flying for 87 minutes at a height of 1, 200m.

The C919 is scheduled to make its first test flight in 2014 and first delivery by 2016.

A single test flight may produce as much as 10 to 15 terabytes of data.

During its test flight, Tycho Brahe reached a height of 1. 7 miles (2. 8 kilometers), the Post reported.

After making a short test flight at 4. 15 a. m.

Shu managed to hover for 10 seconds atabout 1 meter (3. 3 feet) above ground during a recent test flight.

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