11. R101 was to be built only after an extensive research and test programme was complete. 12. Accordingly, a complete test programme was ordered, which was finished on 27 November. 13. Airbus confirmed that the flight test programme would last 12 months and use five test aircraft. 14. The remaining prototype continued to fly with Lt Cdr Peter Lamb taking over the flight test programme . 15. After completion of the initial test programme , the aircraft was ferried to Germany for further trials. 16. Airbus also plans a flight-test programme of some 630 hours involving its five A330-200s. 17. The S . 73 had an unremarkable flight test programme with few modifications recommended by the Regia Aeronautica. 18. After its first flight on 5 December 1922 the flight test programme continued into the spring of 1924. 19. The flight marked the beginning of a flight test programme involving 1, 200 airborne hours on 530 flights. 20. Three suppliers from the original eight European tendering companies were shortlisted and a year-long test programme started.
