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Old 18th October 2008, 01:22 AM
Rhys Xanthis Rhys Xanthis is offline
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Originally Posted by Daniel K View Post
this may be a silly question but why do airbus have so many themselves....are they demos or something
Test bodies.

From my understanding the first 6 or so of a type are manufactured for testing (both on the ground and in the air). Usually each airframe takes a different part of the systems critical to the airplane (loads, stressing of the airframe, hydraulic systems etc).
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