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Old November 20th 06, 02:13 PM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.aviation.misc
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Default Airbus A380 in Arizona

Reef Fish wrote:
And Borchert said i was wrong in pointing out from the NEWS that a
test flight plane was produced in Toulouse, France.

He said Hamburg, Germany, without a shread of evidence of support.


Semantics.

Not sure about the actual test items. But the 380 is assembled in Toulouse,
but finishing is done in Hamburg. So I assume that when a customer will
take posession of his 380, it will be in Hamburg where the cabin interiors
etc will have been fitted.


Ville de Bordeau: sea-going ship made in China.

Starts in hamburg to pickup, front and rear fuselage parts. Stops in Whales
to pickup the wings and then heads to St-Nazaire, picks up more parts
including cockpit and center fuselage section (I assume wingbox) and then
unloads at Bordeaux. Ship then goes to Spain to pickup the composite parts
(namely rear ailerons )

Then, on the Garonne river on 2 special barges (low enough to pass under
the old bridges at Bordeaux) for a 35km jaunt, followed by a 240 jaunt over
roads that were upgraded to permit transport of the beast's parts. This
includes highly precice GPS guidance of trucks to cm precision so they can
pass through relatively narrow streets of some villages (where residents
can "almost" touch it from their 3rd floor windows :-)

At toulouse all is brought into a flyiable plane. And then flown to Hamburg
for final finishing (cabin interiors etc).

There are many parts which are made in various places in Europe (including
many sites in Germany). And of course many parts made elsewhere, includfing
north america (landing gear and avionics for instance) and even australia.
But those parts are small enough to use conventional transport.
 




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