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on Jan 16, 2018
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Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Ceas...
The A380's useful payload is actually
less
then a 747 freighter. The added weight of the aircraft itself, plus the extra fuel necessary to get and keep it airborne, eats up all the extra takeoff weight capacity and then some.
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