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 From: keithspam@kwillshaw.demon.co.uk 
  
 "Pete"  wrote in message 
 news:51xfd.7887$KJ6.88@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... 
 >> But Molin didn't know he was putting more pressure on the tail than 
 >> it could bear. Why he didn't -- and who's to blame for that -- is the 
 >> subject of a bitter fight between Airbus and American. 
 > 
 > I thought that was one of the main advantages of fly-by-wire systems, 
 > to eliminate truly stupid actions of pilots. 
  
 The A-300 is NOT a fly-by-wire aircraft. 
  
 Keith 
  
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