Aircraft Airbus A310-304 French Air Force

Product description

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.

Canada 3000 Inc. was based in Canada and founded on May 1, 1989. Airbus A310-304 c/n 435 first went to the CAAC – Civil Aviation Administration of China as B-2304 in July 1987 then to China Eastern Airlines in May 1988. In December 1994 it was sold to Air Afrique as TU-TAR then to Royal Airlines in 1997 as C-GRYD who merged with Canada 3000. In November 2001 Canada 3000 closed due to the effects of 911. In February 2003 WFBN Wells Fargo Bank Northwest took possession and registered it as N435-XS later scrapping it.



Airbus A310-300 Series Specifications

Type aircraft - Medium to long range wide body airliner
First Flight - A310-300, July 8, 1985. Aircraft registration (F-WWCA)
First Delivery -  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)
Weight
Empty – 80,600 kg   (177,700 lbs)
Maximum Payload – 33,300 kg   (73,410 lbs)
Maximum Take off – 150,000 kg   (330,700 lbs)