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- [1]90%easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/17110/eneasa.europa.eu· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Mar 15, 1974 ✓· 47% of score
EASA type-certificate data sheet A.172 lists 'Initial Certification Date: A300 B2-1A: 15 March 1974'; Wikipedia[2] says certificates were granted by German and French authorities that day.
- [2]75%Airbus A300 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 23, 2026· Starts Mar 15, 1974· 47% of score
Entry-into-service section: type certificates granted by German and French authorities on 15 March 1974; FAA certification 23 May 1974.[1]
- [3]72%How The Airbus A300 Revolutionized Widebody Service 51 Years Agosimpleflying.com· Published May 30, 2025· 7% of score
Describes the A300's launch-customer commitment and 5.64 m wide fuselage.[1]
- [4]80%The Airbus A300 Legacy, 50 Years After First Flightaviationweek.com· Published Oct 19, 2022· 0% of score
Describes the early flight-test hiccup of 6 December 1972 on the A300B1 and the programme's fragility.[1]
- [5]85%A300 Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning (AC), Airbusaircraft.airbus.com· Published Dec 1, 2009· 0% of score
Airbus planning manual with the B2-101 payload-range chart (269 passengers, Mach 0.78) and takeoff runway-length graph.
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