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Old 19th Dec 2009, 13:25
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Do you mean the 150% limit load test? nope, the A380 didn't pass that the first time round either, however it did pass the tests until 148% on the first go unlike the 787 who delaminated below 120% load (and still hasn't been retested above that).

That said todays aircraft development certainly tries to design exactly on target and not one bit above it, which is good business sense but is walking a very very fine line. Still think the 787 is a beautiful aircraft and hope all goes well with the very ambitious flight test program. Too bad the delay is so large now that our whole order of that plane is under reconsideration now.
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