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Airbus A300 @ Aviation.Y2U.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Whole complete sections were manufactured by consortium partners all over Europe. |
| | These were airlifted to the final assembly line in Toulouse by a fleet of Boeing 377-derived Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, where the complete airliner is assembled. |
| | Originally devised as a way to share the work among Airbus's partners without the expense of two assembly lines, it turned out to be a more efficient way of building airplanes (more flexible and reduced costs) as opposed to building the whole airplane onsite previously. |
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