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# didn't we build the plane?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 10:57, archived)
# Their main factory is in Toulouse so I'm not sure
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 10:58, archived)
# ^this
I knew a guy whose dad worked at Airbus in Toulouse - I had a go on the simulator in 1988, where I promptly crashed the plane on takeoff
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:02, archived)
# Superb
I would a go in one of those simulators. I've clocked up enough hours on MS flight simulator over the years :P
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:04, archived)
# That is the training program
that Aeroflot actually use. True facts!*

*May not be true facts
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:05, archived)
# haha
they're massively complicated (er, well they were in 1988)

I thought "Ah, I've played Flight Simulator on the Spectrum, it'll be easy"
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:07, archived)
# Hehe
MS flight simulator has come a long way, especially if you use the virtual cockpit and do everything manually.
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:09, archived)
# nop
BAE no longer have a stake in Airbus so it's FR/DE/ES owned
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:01, archived)
# HA!
French electronics it is then
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:01, archived)
# I stand corrected :)
shoddy foreign workmanship
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:03, archived)
# Yeah, but it is a lot cheaper
and they have a much harder work ethic than the British....

Anti-immigrationlols!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:06, archived)
# Not all of it
Just the metalwork, paint, electronics, glass, soundproofing.
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:06, archived)