British and Russian designers had proposed widebody aircraft similar in configuration to the Vickers VC10 and Douglas DC-9, but with a widebody fuselage.
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Airbus A340, Airbus A380, and Boeing 747 four-engine widebody aircraft are used to test new generations of aircraft engines in-flight.
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It was the first crash of a widebody aircraft and at the time, the second-deadliest single-aircraft disaster in the United States.
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A third phase of new-plane deliveries could see Air Canada taking up to eight additional widebody aircraft as early as 2000, Air Canada said.
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Later Friday in Montreal, Air Canada announced it signed a letter of intent to acquire eight widebody aircraft from Airbus for dlrs 1.4 billion.
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The sleek silver plane with red, white and blue pinstriping was slowly towed from an assembly bay at Boeing's giant widebody aircraft factory here.
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The Boeing 747, the " Jumbo jet ", was the first widebody aircraft that reduced the cost of flying and further accelerated the Jet Age.
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Other widebody aircraft are used as flying research stations, such as the joint German-U . S . Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ( SOFIA ).
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Air Canada announced Friday it has signed a letter of intent to acquire eight widebody aircraft from European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie for about dlrs 1.4 billion.
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The planned expansion of the company's hub at Philadelphia will include a new international terminal with at least 12 gates for widebody aircraft and new federal inspection facilities.
