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Air France’s first Boeing 787 leaves the hangar

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On Thursday 13 October, the aircraft to be delivered to Air France in a few weeks’ time left the hangars at Boeing’s Everett factory (north of Seattle).

Eight French companies (Dassault Systems, Labinal, Latécoère, Messier-Bugatty-Dowty, Michelin, Radiall, Thalès and Zodiac Aérospace) have been selected to supply fundamental systems including the braking systems, doors, connectivity and landing gear and are thus playing their part on a daily basis in Air France’s first Dreamliner adventure.

Thursday 13 October 2016

This post was published on 13 October 2016 17:08

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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