----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hough" <psa188@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: SFGate: Airbus Retires Oldest Model of Airliner <snip> The A300, launched in May 1969, was the first Airbus jet and the world's first wide-bodied airliner when it entered service with Air France five years later. The A310, launched in 1978, was the first to use TV-style displays in the cockpit. <snip> The DC-10 entered service with AA in 1971, according to Airliners. The A300 may have been the world's first wide-bodied twin (the DC10 was initially designed as a twin, but as far as I know never built that way), but the DC10 body was pretty wide when I first was in one in 1973. Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://www.wilowud.net/ http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html