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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A380

  Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Hamburg, GermanyAirbus

  

  Starts 05/19/2010CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE16.3 years agoBusiness Traveller^[6] and Aviation International News both report Lufthansa took delivery of its first A380 on 19 May 2010.

  Lufthansa received its first Airbus A380 at Hamburg on 19 May 2010, putting the double-decker superjumbo into European airline service weeks later.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Delivers Its First A400M Atlas to the Luftwaffe

  Airbus Defence and Space Plant, San Pablo, Seville, SpainAirbus Defence and Space

  

  Starts 12/18/2014CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE11.8 years agoAirbus^[4] and OCCAR delivery records state the first production A400M for Germany (MSN018) was handed over to the Luftwaffe on 18 December 2014, one day before it landed at its Wunstorf home base.

  Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first production A400M Atlas military transport, assembled at its Seville final assembly line, to the German Luftwaffe.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Fraport Presents Frankfurt Terminal 3's First Sky Line Train

  Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3, Gateway Gardens, 60549 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyFraport

  

  Starts 11/03/2022CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoFraport's^[2] press release 'Terminal 3: First Vehicle for New Sky Line Presented' states the vehicle was presented on November 3, 2022.

  Fraport presented the first vehicle of its new automated Sky Line people-mover for Frankfurt Airport's €4 billion Terminal 3, a key milestone as the terminal neared completion.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A350-900

  Toulouse-Blagnac, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 12/19/2016CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE9.8 years agoch-aviation reports the hand-over of D-AIXA at a ceremony at Toulouse-Blagnac on Monday 19 December 2016; Airbus's^[3] press release is dated 21 December 2016 but names no day, and the aircraft flew on to Munich on 21 December.

  Lufthansa took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 from Airbus's Toulouse delivery centre, the initial aircraft of a 25-jet order that became the backbone of its new Munich long-haul hub. The A350 entered scheduled service two months later, flying Munich to Delhi.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  ADAC Orders 14 EC145 T2 Rescue Helicopters, the Future H145

  Donauwörth, GermanyAirbus

  

  Starts 09/13/2012CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE14.0 years agoHeliHub^[4] reported the order was announced at the ILA Berlin Air Show on 13 September 2012, for 14 EC145 T2 and 3 EC135 P2e helicopters delivered 2013-2017.

  ADAC Luftrettung signs a framework order for 14 EC145 T2 (later renamed H145) and 3 EC135 P2e helicopters, built at what is now Airbus Helicopters' Donauwörth plant, the model whose build process this film documents.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Tarmac Aerosave Opens Its Fourth A380 Hangar at Teruel Airport

  Teruel Airport, 44155 Teruel, Aragón, SpainTarmac Aerosave

  

  Starts 10/08/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoAviTrader^[2] and AeroWeb-fr.net reported that Tarmac Aerosave inaugurated its fourth Teruel hangar (its seventh overall) on 8 October 2024.

  Aircraft-maintenance and storage specialist Tarmac Aerosave opened its fourth Airbus A380-capable hangar at Teruel Airport, Europe's largest aircraft boneyard. The 15 million euro building, the world's largest metal-textile hangar, can house one A380 or four narrow-body jets at once.

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• Semiconductors09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Bosch Opens €1 Billion Chip Fab in Dresden

  Dresden-Hellerau, Dresden, GermanyBosch

  

  Starts 06/07/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.3 years agoBosch's own media release, "Bosch opens chip factory of the future in Dresden," states the fab was opened on 7 June 2021.^[1]

  Bosch opened its new 300mm wafer fab in Dresden, a roughly €1 billion, highly automated plant producing sensors and microchips for cars and consumer electronics.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Heinkel He 178 Makes the First Turbojet-Powered Flight

  Heinkel Marienehe factory airfield, Rostock-Schmarl, GermanyHeinkel

  

  Starts 08/27/1939CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE87.1 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On 27 August 1939, the He 178 V1, the first prototype, performed its maiden flight, piloted by Erich Warsitz."

  Erich Warsitz flew the He 178 V1 for six minutes from Heinkel’s Marienehe factory airfield at Rostock, the first aircraft ever to fly on the thrust of a turbojet. The undercarriage would not retract and the landing was made by side-slipping.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Construction Begins on Frankfurt Airport's €4 Billion Terminal 3

  Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3, Gateway Gardens, 60549 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyFraport

  

  Starts 10/05/2015CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE11.0 years agoFraport's^[2] own Terminal 3 press kit states 'the groundbreaking ceremony for Terminal 3 took place on October 5, 2015.'

  Fraport broke ground on Terminal 3, a roughly €4 billion expansion of Frankfurt Airport that would add three passenger piers and a 69-meter control tower.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

  Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 09/24/2026ESTIMATED76% CONFIDENCEin 1 dayA reported target rather than a fixed date, per aircargonews.net^[1][4] quoting Reuters: the airframer "is hopeful the first flight will take place on around 24 September, although there is always the chance that technical issues or inclement weather could push that date back into October"; Airbus^[2][5] itself would say only that "the maiden flight is expected later in 2026".

  Airbus’ first clean-sheet large freighter is expected to fly from Toulouse around 24 September, opening a roughly 400-hour, nine-month certification campaign flown by MSN700 and MSN701 ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.

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• Automotive09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Rheinmetall Delivers Its First HX81 Heavy-Duty Transporters to Austria's Bundesheer

  Wels, AustriaRheinmetall

  

  Starts 04/12/2021CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE5.4 years agoesut.de^[3] reported that Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner handed over the first three HX81 heavy-duty transporters to Panzerbataillon 14 in Wels on 12 April 2021.

  Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner handed over the first Rheinmetall HX81 8x8 tractor units, paired with 7-axle low-bed semi-trailers, to Panzerbataillon 14 at the Hessen barracks in Wels.

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• Automotive09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Claas Launches the Stage V Axion 900 Tractor Series

  Claas Tractor Factory, Z.I. Sud, Le Mans, FranceClaas

  

  Starts 09/24/2020CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoTrade coverage (AgroNotizie, African Farming) dates Claas’s virtual launch event for the Stage V Axion 900 series, including the Axion 960 CEMOS, to 24 September 2020.^[1]

  German farm-equipment maker Claas launched the Stage V Axion 900 tractor series, including the Axion 960 CEMOS, built at its Le Mans, France factory. The line paired a self-learning CEMOS driver-assistance system with a factory-fitted tire-pressure control system to cut fuel use.

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