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Old Jan 16, 2012, 10:37 pm
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Gash
 
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Originally Posted by aerodude
As an engineer, I'm excited for the A380 joining the fleet for a slightly different reason...

4x Rolls-Royce Trent 900s (Designed and built in UK)
Wings designed and built in the UK
Goodrich avionics (UK designed)
Messier-Dowty undercarriage (UK designed, tested and built)
And many many many more UK design, test and suppliers

And all of it will have the Union Flag painted on the side of it. British Engineering at its best ^
Did not know that - good news, however, who did the styling? IMHO it is not anywhere near as majestic as the B744, in fact it is rather ugly Although, I do not think that makes any part of my decision on which flight to book
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