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Old March 20th 07, 03:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default New Airbus Pictures fron the air.

**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** writes:

Wow thats a big vertical stabilizer. I hope its glued on better than
previous models!


On previous models, the stabilizer was much weaker than the rest of the
aircraft. Now the entire aircraft has been weakened so that it all fails as a
single unit in a coherent way. If anything, the under-strength wings will go
first.

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