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Old 17th Jun 2019, 13:40
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Lord Bracken
 
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The 777-300 / 300 ER are not really streches in the true sense of the word, the 777 programme from the design stage always planned two fuselage lengths and A, B and C 'market' ranges.
The A380-800 is actually a shrink, the wing is optimised for the longer fuselage -900 which never went into production.
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