{"id":1062,"date":"2025-02-08T20:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:37:52","slug":"the-30th-gordon-corps-lecture-of-raes-toulouse-written-in-the-stars-the-story-of-the-a321xlr-certification-flight-test-campaign-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/the-30th-gordon-corps-lecture-of-raes-toulouse-written-in-the-stars-the-story-of-the-a321xlr-certification-flight-test-campaign-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The 30th Gordon Corps Lecture of RAeS Toulouse\u00a0\u2013 Written in the Stars: the story of the A321XLR Certification Flight Test Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 2025 \u2013 The 30th Gordon Corps Lecture of RAeS Toulouse&nbsp;\u201cWritten in the Stars: the story of the A321XLR Certification Flight Test Campaign\u201d presented by Jim Fawcett &amp; Mark Lewis, Lead Flight Test Engineer &amp; Experimental Test Pilot at Airbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were also honored to welcome David CHINN, FRAeS, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society Corporate, as our distinguished guest for this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This lecture focuses on the modifications made to the Airbus A321XLR and the flight testing required to achieve CS25 certification. Detailed explanations of these tests are complemented by behind-the-scenes stories, highlighting the Airbus Flight Test Team&rsquo;s approach. Despite facing significant technical and non-technical challenges, the team showcased exceptional technical skills, innovative problem-solving, and a strong commitment to safety. Their efforts ensured that the A321XLR met and often exceeded the strict CS25 certification standards, setting a new benchmark for long-range single-aisle aircraft, which was recognized by EASA post-certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2025 \u2013 The 30th Gordon Corps Lecture of RAeS Toulouse&nbsp;\u201cWritten in the Stars: the story of the A321XLR Certification Flight Test Campaign\u201d presented by Jim Fawcett &amp; Mark Lewis, Lead Flight Test Engineer &amp; Experimental Test Pilot at Airbus. We were also honored to welcome David CHINN, FRAeS, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raes-toulouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}