From kls Wed Feb 11 04:24:06 1998 Path: bounce-back Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Date: 11 Feb 98 04:24:06 From: Marc Schaeffer Subject: Re: B757/B767/B777 Stearing system? References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Unorganized Reply-To: marcmscREMOVE_TO_REPLY@cmdnet.lu Niels Sampath wrote: > >The first three A340s were all retained by Airbus, though it appears > >that only the first was a prototype. I have no idea why they wouldn't > >have sold the other two. > > I thought that 2 had been sold to BWIA, which then cancelled, > and they were then taken up by Virgin. CorrectMSN 2 is an A340-311 former F-WWAS now operated by VS (Virgin) as G-VHOL (since 30-05-97) MSN 3 is an A340-311 former F-WWDA now operated by VS (Virgin) as G-VSEA (since 07-07-97) > Speculation: There was a report in a recent Flight International > about Airbus building A340-based-Belugas. Right have a look at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8803/ beluga.htm. But those Mega-belugas are just projects. Cheers, ........................................................... Marc Schaeffer, Luxembourg -- mailto:marcmsc@cmdnet.lu WWW http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8803/ The DE HAVILLAND COMET and AIRCRAFT ORDERS website