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First US-built A-320 takes flight

Alabama, USA - Airbus in the United States can produce three members of the A-320 Family: tha A-319, the A-320 and the A-321

The first Airbus A-320 aircraft to be produced at the Airbus US Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, has flown for the first time on August 15. The aircraft took off from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in the morning. The flight lasted approximately four hours, during which tests were performed on systems, engines and structural performance. The Airbus Manufacturing Facility in the United...

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Rome, Italy, 08/22/2017 17:50
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