Technology update

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October 2005

Sizing up the A380's wings

Manufacturing the A380, now undergoing its flight test program, has seen Airbus and its suppliers having to tackle many difficult and complex challenges. Some of them have centered on the size of components, including the machining of 35-m long aluminum alloy billets for the aircraft's wing skin panels.
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