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Post by wImPiE-D »

http://www.dancewithshadows.com/pub/air ... -order.asp

...A350 can fly at a height of 8,800 nautical miles, Airbus said in the release...

WOAW! 8O :D

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Wonder how deep it can go!

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Guess NASA does not need to develop a succesor to the Space Shuttle then! :wink:

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Yep, Airbus engineers learned to the birds how to fly :wink: ...

Seb. :mrgreen:

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A350 can fly up to a maximum range of 8,800 nautical miles
That does not mean it can reach 8,800 nautical miles :shakehead:

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wImPiE-D wrote:http://www.dancewithshadows.com/pub/air ... -order.asp

...A350 can fly at a height of 8,800 nautical miles, Airbus said in the release...

WOAW! 8O :D
Actually if you read the article it says it has a range of 8,800 nautical miles not maximum altitude.

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Post by HorsePower »

Actually, they realized their mistake and changed the word "height" by "range".

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