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American Airlines Orders 460 Narrowbodies
AMR, parent corporation of American Airlines, has placed an order for 460 aircraft, including 260 Airbus A320s and 100 Next Generation Boeing 737 and 100 yet-to-be-launched re-engined 737s, powered by CFM Leap-X engines. Boeing says that the re-engined 737 - a product currently in its conceptual phase - will likely be launched by the Boeing Board of Directors sometime this fall, placing the formal authority to offer the aircraft sometime between late September and late December. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Wayne and Agg, thanks for the info. Sorry I've not gotten back sooner (work, ya know). Wayne, I think you're right about the A320 at the Paris Air show. I'm not completely sure, but I do recall something about it crashing and a lot of hullabaloo as to whether the all-new fly-by-wire control system was involved
Patrick: The traditional wheel/yoke (as you call it) was used on the A300 for sure I do not know about the A310. It is also standard on all Boeing aircraft,was standard on all Douglas airplanes,was used also on caravelles, BAC 111's, etc.As a matter of fact it was used on every single commercial airplane up to the time that Airbus introduced the infamous "joystick"
Patrick: Not being typed in one I am not sure, but I think the joystick is on everything. I was watching a piece about them the other night and their chief test pilot was showing off the A380, and it had one. I believe you are correct on the A320. Wasn't that what crashed at the Paris air show some years back as they were touting their fly by wire?
A quick question regarding the Airbus airframes -- didn't Airbus introduce the one-hand side stick with the A-320's? I seem to remember a lot of ballyhoo about that, whereas the A300 and A310 had the traditional wheel/yoke setup that Boeing still uses on everything. Please let me know.
honza: Airbus airplanes cannot stall? Try tell that to the people of AF447 in the bottom of the atlantic off the coast of Brasil.. The airplane that crashed in the forest in France did because the airplane computers did not allow the crew to pull since the computers were "landing"
You call that reassurring for passengers?
The TAM A320 in Sao Paulo could not take off after landing long on a wet short runway because the crew could not overcome the computer that again was "landing" on and on.....
You call that reassurring for passengers?
The TAM A320 in Sao Paulo could not take off after landing long on a wet short runway because the crew could not overcome the computer that again was "landing" on and on.....
Fortunately there were very few casualties. From the videos it looks more of a demonstration flight than a regular scheduled flight.
One very good example of the computers not allowing the crew to fly the airplane!!!! Look at the videos and give us your comments.