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The A380 is a gamble worth taking.

Publication: The Engineer
Publication Date: 28-JAN-05
Format: Online - approximately 505 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The razzmatazz of the official unveiling of the Airbus A380 was a great opportunity for Tony Blair and other European leaders to bask in the reflected glory of a great engineering achievement.

Rather like the launch of the great cruise liners or battleships of old, the new airliner is...

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...a reminder of how major engineering and technological achievements still have considerable symbolic power. It is hard to imagine Blair, Chirac and the rest turning...

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