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Airbus at Hamburg: topping-out ceremony for new A-350 XWB airplane hangar

Hamburg, Germany - From Spring 2011 the aft fuselage sections will be assembled from CFRP in this German city

Last Friday Airbus celebrated the topping-out of the new A-350 XWB airplane fuselage assembly hangar. In the presence of Hamburg's Senator for Economics and Labour Affairs, Axel Gedaschko, the topping-out wreath decorated with carbon fibres was mounted to the roof edge at a height of 27 metres. From Spring 2011 the aft fuselage sections will be assembled from CFRP shells with a length of up to 17...

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Rome, Italy, 07/19/2010 17:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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