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Old 20th Sep 2016, 17:49
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KenV
 
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Not sure about the numbers but I think that the 747/8 BBJ were some of the first delivered.
Some more pickiness: that depends on what you define as "delivered." Boeing delivered incomplete BBJs to completion centers early in the production run. The aircraft were not delivered to the actual customer till well more than a year later.

The main point of my post was to show that because of the A380's fundamental features, things like freighter and VIP versions were not available to fill out the delivery schedule. Those aren't flaws, just simple facts that have made A380 production risky.
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