Airbus A300
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The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, wide-body airliner. It was developed by Airbus Industrie GIE, now merged into Airbus, and manufactured from 1971
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Technical director Roger Béteille (from behind) discussing with general manager Henri Ziegler beside the CF6 turbofan, which powered the A300 first flight
The 5.64 m (222 in) diameter circular fuselage section for 8-abreast seating and 2 LD3 containers below. This is part of the first A300 prototype, F-OCAZ, on display at Deutsches Museum in Munich.
An A300 in vintage Airbus livery, it was rolled out on 28 September 1972
Airbus A340
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The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus.
Airbus A300
…the basis of the smaller A310 (first flown in 1982) and was adapted in a freighter version. Its cross section was retained for the larger four-engined A340 (1991) and the larger twin-engined A330 (1992). It is also the basis for the oversize Beluga transport (1994). It has a yoke and does not use a fly-by-wire…
An Airbus A340-300 operated by Lufthansa, one of the two launch customers of the aircraft family, as well as its largest operator
Compared to the A340 quadjet (flying), the lighter A330 (on ground) has two engines and no centre-line wheel bogie.
The A330/A340 shares a common flight deck with the A320.
An A340-200 demonstrator at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show