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[[Air France]] was the first airline to get an A300. Air France began to use its A300s on 30 May 1974. Airbus stopped making A300s in July 2007. When Airbus stopped making A300s, it also stopped making [[Airbus A310|A310]]s. The [[Cargo aircraft|freighter]] version of the A300 has been replaced by the [[Airbus A330#A330-200F|A330-200F]].<ref name=fi_20060314>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-aims-to-fill-freighter-void-with-a330-derivative-205407/|title=Airbus aims to fill freighter void with A330 derivative|publisher=[[Flight International]]|date=14 March 2006}}</ref>

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== Development ==

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==Development==

[[File:American Airlines Airbus A300-600 inbound to John F. Kennedy International Airport.jpg|thumb|left|An [[American Airlines]] A300B4-605R landing at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]], New York]]

[[File:A300 Iran Air EP-IBT THR May 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Iran Air]] Airbus A300 landing at Mehrabad International Airport]]

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In 1972, the A300 flew for the first time. The first type of A300 to be made, the A300B2, began to be used by airlines in 1974. The A300B4 began to be used one year later. At first, Airbus Industrie did not sell many planes. However, by 1979, 81 aircraft were being used. It was the [[Airbus A320 family|A320]] which made Airbus the very big company that it is today.

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Parts of the A300 were made by many different companies from all over Europe. These were taken to Toulouse-Blagnac by some Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft so that the parts could all be put together to make the plane. This method turned out to be much better than simply building the aircraft in one place.

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Parts of the A300 were made by many different companies from all over Europe. These were taken to Toulouse-Blagnac by some Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft so that the parts could all be put together to make the plane. This method turned out to be much better than simply building the aircraft in one place.

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== Design ==

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==Design==

[[File:Airbus A300 cross section.jpg|thumb|Airbus A300 fuselage in the [[Deutsches Museum]] in [[Munich]], Germany]]

[[Image:mahan air a300b4-600 ep-mnr lands birmingham arp.jpg|thumb| Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-600 landing at Birmingham International Airport, [[England]]]]

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* The ability to move fuel around, which changes the plane's [[centre of gravity]]

* Wingtip fences (first used on the [[Airbus A310|A310-300]]).

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== History ==

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==History==

[[File:Air France Airbus A300B2 1974 Fitzgerald.jpg|thumb|[[Air France]] A300B2 at Farnborough Airshow in 1974]]

The A300 did not sell very well at first. Most of the orders were from airlines of countries which made up Airbus Industrie, like Air France and [[Lufthansa]].

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In March 2006, Airbus said that it was no longer making the A300/A310.<ref>{{Cite news | title = A300/A310 Final Assembly to be completed by July 2007 | publisher = Airbus | date = 7 March 2006 | url = http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_03_06_A300_final_assembly.html | access-date = 13 June 2013 | archive-date = 7 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081007110156/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_03_06_A300_final_assembly.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The last A300 first flew on 18 April 2007.<ref>{{Cite news | title = The last A300 makes its maiden flight | publisher = Airbus | date = 18 April 2007 | url = http://www.airbus.com/en/myairbus/newsbrief/index.jsp | access-date = 13 June 2013 | archive-date = 13 May 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513035737/http://www.airbus.com/en/myairbus/newsbrief/index.jsp | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was delivered to [[FedEx]] on 12 July 2007.

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== Different types of Airbus A300 ==

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==Different types of Airbus A300==

[[File:A300 Zero G.jpg|thumb|The ZERO-G A300 at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany.]]

[[File:Singapore Airlines Airbus A300 Fitzgerald.jpg|thumb|Airbus A300B4-200 of [[Singapore Airlines]] at the Farnborough Airshow in 1980.]]

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== A300B1 ==

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===A300B1===

Only two of these were built: the [[prototype]], and a second aircraft. It can hold 300 passengers or 323 passengers, and it has two [[General Electric|General Electric CF6-50A]] engines.

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== A300B2 ==

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===A300B2===

The first version to be made for airlines. It had General Electric CF6 or Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines. Air France was the first airline to use it, in May 1974.

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== A300B4 ==

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===A300B4===

The version which was made the most. The first A300B4 made its first flight on 25 December 1974. Germanair got the first one on 23 May 1975.

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== A300-600 ==

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===A300-600===

This type's official name is the A300B4-600. It has more powerful [[General Electric|CF6-80]] or Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, and it has the Honeywell 331-250 auxiliary power unit (APU).<ref name=hw>{{Cite web|title=Honeywell 331-250 APU|url=http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=aerospace&page=Power_Systems3&theme=T5&catID=CB6099334-14AB-C264-AB94-8E47224CA642&id=H544A09A8-A70B-FA73-F93C-6AEFB3D0FB6D&sel=4|access-date=18 March 2011|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320002847/http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=aerospace&page=Power_Systems3&theme=T5&catID=CB6099334-14AB-C264-AB94-8E47224CA642&id=H544A09A8-A70B-FA73-F93C-6AEFB3D0FB6D&sel=4|url-status=dead}}</ref> The A300-600 began being used in 1983 by [[Saudi Arabian Airlines]] The A300-600 also has a different cockpit (similar to the A310), so the flight engineer was not needed for this type.

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== A300B10 (A310) ==

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===A300B10 (A310)===

This type is shorter and does not need a flight engineer.

It can also be used as a military plane. It is currently being used by the [[Canadian Forces]] and German Air Force. 260 of these planes were sold, but five of these were never made.

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== Accidents ==

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==Accidents==

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As of 2010, the A300 has had 54 accidents. There have been 26 hull-losses. 1,434 people have died on A300s.<ref name="asna300">{{cite web |title=Airbus A300 |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/type/type.php?type=020 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |date=3 July 2010 |access-date=3 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100717035428/http://aviation-safety.net/database/type/type.php?type=020| archive-date= 17 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> A hull-loss accident is an accident where the plane is completely destroyed, or if it is damaged so much that it cannot be fixed.

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== Aircraft still flying ==

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==Aircraft still flying==

As of July 2020, there are more than 200 A300s still flying.

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== Details ==

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Sources:<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/ Aircraft Technical Data & Specifications] Airliners.net</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civilaviation.eu/type/airliners.htm |title=Civil Aviation: Airliners |access-date=2013-06-13 |archive-date=2016-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326032947/http://www.civilaviation.eu/type/airliners.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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== Engines ==

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[[File:Eastern Airlines A300 (6146169982).jpg|thumb|Eastern Air Lines A300 at Miami International Airport]]

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== Deliveries ==

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==Deliveries==

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<small>''Data until the end of December 2007.''</small><ref name="Airbus_Deliveries">{{cite web |url=http://www.airbus.com/store/mm_repository/pdf/att00011494/media_object_file_Historical_OD_74_07.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221090847/http://www.airbus.com/store/mm_repository/pdf/att00011494/media_object_file_Historical_OD_74_07.xls |archive-date=2008-12-21 |title = Airbus - Historical Orders and Deliveries |work=[[Airbus|Airbus S.A.S.]] |date=January 2008 |format=Microsoft Excel |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>

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== Related pages ==

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== Airbus A300 Images And Media ==

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<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>File:28.10.72 1er Vol d'Airbus (1972) - 53Fi1992 (cropped).jpg|Technical director [[Roger Béteille]] (from behind) discussing with general manager [[Henri Ziegler]] beside the [[CF6]] turbofan, which powered the A300 first flight

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File:Airbus A300B2-103 (F-WUAD) at Le Bourget Airport.jpg|An A300 in vintage Airbus livery, it was rolled out on 28 September 1972

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File:28.10.72 1er Vol d'Airbus (1972) - 53Fi1979 (cropped).jpg|The 28 October 1972 maiden flight

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File:JAL A300-600R (JA014D) @Tokyo.jpg|The A300 is a conventional [[low wing]] aircraft with [[twinjet|twin]] underwing turbofans and a [[conventional tail]]

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File:Airbus 300B Flight Deck.jpg|The initial A300 flight deck with analog [[flight instruments]] and a flight engineer station (not shown)

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File:Wiweko Soepono and Airbus test pilot Pierre Baud in Airbus A300 FFCC Cockpit.jpg|Airbus A300 Forward Facing Crew Cockpit also known as FFCC which was the early cockpit of Airbus A300 that doesn't require flight engineer and was the world's first two-men cockpit wide-body aircraft.

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File:Airbus A300B2-101, Air France AN2111996.jpg|[[Air France]] introduced the A300 on 23 May 1974

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File:KoreanAir A300 fukuoka 20051030110452.jpg|[[Korean Air]], the first non-European customer in September 1974

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File:Eastern Air Lines A300B4-100 N201EA MIA 1990-5-31.png|[[Eastern Air Lines]] introduced the A300 in the US market in 1977

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== References ==

;References

;Bibliography

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* {{Cite book|last=Gunston|first=Bill|title=Airbus: The Complete Story|url=https://archive.org/details/airbuscompletest0000guns|year=2009|location=Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, UK | publisher=Haynes Publishing|isbn=978-1-84425-585-6~~|ref={{harvid|Gunston|2009}}~~}}

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* {{Cite book|last=Gunston|first=Bill|title=Airbus: The Complete Story|url=https://archive.org/details/airbuscompletest0000guns|year=2009|location=Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, UK|publisher=Haynes Publishing|isbn=978-1-84425-585-6}}

* {{Cite book|last1=Norris|first1=Guy and Mark Wagner|title=Airbus|url=https://archive.org/details/airbus0000norr|location=Osceola, Wisconsin|publisher=MBI Publishing|year=1999|isbn=0-7603-0677-X|ref={{harvid|Norris|Wagner|1999}}}}

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== Other websites ==

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==Other websites==

* [http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a300a310/ Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420035335/http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a300a310 |date=2010-04-20 }}

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