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Old 10th Jan 2001, 03:10
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Airbus claims a cruise speed for the A380 of M0.85 with flexibility to operate up to M0.88.
They also claim to be able to reach initial cruise altitude FL330 in 30 minutes at MTOW of 1,285,000 lbs. Yeah right.....