During one of the most intense periods in the Cold War, United States intelligence spotted a concerning vehicle during a mission over the Caspian Sea. As a spy satellite hovered over a Soviet naval base, it took images of an aircraft unlike anything seen in the West before. It was over 100 meters long and had unique stubby, square wings.
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Exclusive: Air Canada’s 1st Airbus A321XLR Begins To Take Shape
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- May 30, 2025
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Air Canada’s first Airbus A321XLR is now under construction at the manufacturer’s Hamburg Finkenwerder site in Germany. Of course, by the time you’re watching this, the jet MAY have already been fully assembled and painted. Nonetheless, Simple Flying was granted an exclusive first peek of the new aircraft on the production line at the Hamburg facility, including a look inside the all-important XLR-distinguishing-feature, its rear central tank.