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General Background

In July 1978 the European manufacturer Airbus began work on their second aircraft, the A310. It would be a medium-to long-range wide-body airliner based on the Airbus larger first aircraft the A300. The first flight of the A310 took place on April 3, 1982 with the first service flight in April 1983 with Lufthansa. In 1985 the A310-300 production began as a longer range version of the A310-200 and is capable of carrying an additional 15,430 pounds of fuel in its tail-plane. The last A310 was delivered in June 1998.

Specifications :

Type of aircraft:	Medium to long range wide body airliner
First Flight:	A310-300, July 8, 1985. Aircraft registration (F-WWCA)
First flight:	A310-300, December 1985 to Wardair
Cockpit crew:	2
Passengers:	280
Length:	46.66 m (153.1 ft)
Height:	15.8 m (51.84 ft)
Wingspan:	43.90 m (144 ft)
Fuselage Diameter:	5.64 m (18.5 ft)
Cruise Speed:	850 km/h (528 mph)
Service Ceiling:	10,668 m (35,000 ft)
Maximum Range:	7,982 km (4,960 miles)
Weights:
Empty:	80,600 kg (177,700 lbs)
Maximum Payload	33,300 kg (73,410 lbs)
Maximum Take off	150,000 kg (330,700 lbs)
Engine:	A310-304 2 X General Electric CF6-80C2A2 rated 231 kN.
	A310-304 2 X General Electric CF6-80C2A8 rated 258 kN.
	A310-322 2 X Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E1 rated 214 kN.
	A310-324 2 X Pratt & Whitney PW4152 rated 231 kN.
	A310-325 2 X Pratt & Whitney PW4156A rated 249 kN.