Date in year · 1974 · The 1970s
On May 30, 1974, the Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service. The year's #1 song was "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand. Àlex Corretja, Ashot Danielyan, David Jassy would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 30, 1974
The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, wide-body airliner. It was developed by Airbus Industrie GIE, now merged into Airbus, and manufactured from 1971 to 2007.
Around 1974
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.
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World's first twin-engine widebody jet airliner
The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, wide-body airliner. It was developed by Airbus Industrie GIE, now merged into Airbus, and manufactured from 1971 to 2007.
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