Take a look at the fascinating history of the Airbus A300, ... The A300B made its first flight one month later, in October 1972, ...

However, rather than rename the plane the A260, they decided to go with A300B. Related: How Airlines Around the World Name Their Airplanes After that, Airbus decided to continue with their system ...

Airbus Industrie was created on December 18, 1970, as a consortium between the French and German governments to build, develop, and sell the A300B medium range widebody airliner. Airbus ...

The rivalry between Airbus and Boeing started more than 40 years ago. Now, just passed Boeing as the world's biggest plane-maker. ... On October 28, 1972, the Airbus A300B made its maiden flight.

It was developed from the A300B and incorporated lessons learned from the related A310. Most notably, it was developed into the Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter, more popularly known as the Beluga.

Airbus is saddened that one of its founding fathers, Roger Béteille, who not only shaped Airbus’ first commercial aircraft – the A300B – but also Airbus Industrie, passed away on 14 June at ...

Airbus delivered its first aircraft 40 years ago, on May 10, 1974. The A300B was also the world's first twin-engine wide-body jet. In July 1967, France, Germany and the United Kingdom agreed to ...

The A300B made its first flight one month later, in October 1972, landing in high crosswinds that tested the mettle of pilots Max Fischl and Bernard Ziegler. The plane entered service with Air ...

The A300B made its first flight one month later, in October 1972, landing in high crosswinds that tested the mettle of pilots Max Fischl and Bernard Ziegler. The plane entered service with Air ...

Take a look at the fascinating history of the Airbus A300, ... The A300B was unveiled to the French public on September 28, 1972, ...