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2007-01-23 Europe

Airbus Warns of Three-Month Delay on A400M

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-01-23 13:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How again do you test for plastic fatigue? You don't and that's why the wings on the airbus fall of.

Never fly on of these French mistakes.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-01-23 15:29|| 2007-01-23 15:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Airbus will only begin assembly of the A400M if the sections delivered are at the required level of completion

Hummm, Holmes, what do you think? Long, short or sneer?

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-23 17:02|| 2007-01-23 17:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Pratt & Whitney Canada originally won the competition for the A400M's engines but Chirac vetoed it, insisting on a European (read French) engine. Now it comes to bite Airbus.

Posted by ed 2007-01-23 17:26|| 2007-01-23 17:26|| Front Page Top

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