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6
D edic
Airb
rese
coun ting the h
andt, Mark Challoner, Nadin
o
p
son of Rolls-Royce .
ch , we thank
rn
ational,
to Steve Gansen
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Pr
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lo
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ue
Sowing
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mighty
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of the attendees wandering the exhib it ha lls .
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one of the designated airl ine representat i
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working w ith Airbus on the definition of the superjumbo. Boeing
cited in
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work
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6
D edic
Airb
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coun ting the h
andt, Mark Challoner, Nadin
o
p
son of Rolls-Royce .
ch , we thank
rn
ational,
to Steve Gansen
6
Pr
o
lo
g
ue
Sowing
the
mighty
Boe
i
n
nch of Airb
r
l
red w ing on the A330 and A340 , th
e UHCA was
l
e
do.
the ti
me h
e
e
ha
i
decided to do
,
hi
ng.
r aske
mained
tered flig
in
t a sure
sign that there would be a need for more aircraft as large as or larg-
er than ,
et
s
one!
9
Overal
period from 1990 to 2009. In the
Asia-Pacific region
0 by 20
battle
grou
n
of McDonn e
rcra
f
time,
cial
aviati
the
bu
si
n
e
ss
airli
n
ome
n
al
.
about . T
he air
the list of superlati
esigne
wher
o
markable air
be the
lage w
sport in
ck
,
is shown o good effect as an early Air France A300B4 taxies at London
Heathro
pres
0
hey,
A300 fa
y slow sales,
iro
nic
all
t
aving a four in its name and the
qua
d
i
t
twin would p
popula mem-
an
eventua
i
rb
us
revea
l
sse
ngers
in
o a more
for
34
0
pass
enger
a
l
m
iles
digita
l
f
ly-by-
wire
(FB
Based on earlie r
for the much
large r A3
British C
e account of
at
o
n
w
forda
gine on the
p
sec
n, and
ic
t
-
F
arnboroug
h
Ai
rt
h and fifth leading edge slat on the A340 wing. Mar/c IVagne r
Th
i
taught Ai
so
I
nter
n
at
io
with th
e 380-pass
n
e
he
or mo
a
n that could be
se
concept
s.
airliner 's final
UH
CA
clean-sh et configuration , A
aero
Airb
way
not p
o take
ive very large
l the
ireme
nt
777 on the
der from the
's res
double-deck
ver
m
b
i
nat
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air
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ra
ft
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of the attendees wandering the exhib it ha lls .
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