STARTUP PROBLEMS NOT NEW
Regarding your "Tailspin" article on the A380 (AW&ST June 26, p. 22), some of us remember another widebody that had major startup problems: the Boeing 747-100. The first jumbo jet made its way to the Paris air show in June 1969 at less than cruising altitude due to engine instability problems...
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