Technology update

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July 2005

A380 reaches for the sky

The first twin-deck Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial airliner, completed its successful maiden flight on April 27. Airborne for 3 hours 54 minutes, it was powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. A single Trent 900 had previously flown on Airbus' A340-300 flying testbed for 60 hours, so the A380 flight crew had experience with its operation.
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