Bombardier has flown the larger variant of the CSeries for the first time.
In a Twitter posting, the Canadian manufacturer confirmed the CS300's take-off from Mirabel airport near Montreal just after 11:00 local time, and shared pictures of the aircraft flying taken from a CRJ900 chase plane.
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The first flight was originally scheduled for 26 February, but deteriorating weather conditions the previous day forced cancellation of final ground tests and the event was postponed 24h.
The second CS300 is in production at Bombardier's final assembly facility in Mirabel and is set to come off the production line later this year.
There are four CS100s in flight test and the programme has logged about 850 flight-test hours. The CS100's entry into service is scheduled for the second half of 2015, followed by the CS300's approximately six months afterwards.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
