Airbus Testing Electric Brake System
Airbus and Messier-Bugatti are conducting flight tests of an A340-600 equipped with an electrically operated braking system—a first for a commercial airline transport. Airbus officials say the immediate goal of the tests is research. Although Messier-Bugatti will supply brakes for the new A350XWB...
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