A Virgin Atlantic A350-1000 makes a powerful landing on a wet runway, sending visible spray across the surface on touchdown.

Seeing an aircraft as large as the A350-1000 touch down harder than expected makes many worry, but these landings are never ...

Airbus has adopted a completely new philosophy for the attachment of the A350 XWB’s main landing gear as part of the switch to a composite wing structure. The solution it has developed borrows from ...

Airbus has selected Goodrich to provide the main landing gear for the -1000 variant of the A350 XWB, opting for a different gear supplier than for the A350-900 and -800. Messier-Dowty is supplying the ...

Airbus has completed the first fully automated vision-based taxi, takeoff and landing using an A350-1000. The closed-loop autonomous flight was conducted in April under the manufacturer’s Autonomous ...

Airbus has received the first set of A350 XWB main landing gear (MLG) produced by Messier-Dowty at Airbus' A350 XWB landing gear systems test facility in Filton (UK). Delivery from Messier-Dowty of ...

Its landing gear was designed by Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, which is based at nearby Gloucestershire Staverton Airport. "The A350 XWB has significant UK input, as the wings and fuel systems are designed ...

The Airbus A350-1000 is spearheading the next frontier in avionics: autonomous flight capabilities. The aircraft’s cockpit is equipped with sophisticated systems that blend sensor fusion, real-time ...