Questions tagged [airbus]
Based in France, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces approximately half of the world's jet airliners.
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A321XLR pair of bulges on the belly
What are these two elements of A321XLR? Are they structural elements or something else?
They are not present in A321 or A321neo models:
Pics credits: Nathan Walkowiak (CC-BY), Jean-Pierre Nivet (CC-...
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What does "ceo" stand for in Airbus A320ceo?
What does "ceo" stand for in Airbus A320ceo??
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Why cant all planes use the best engines like the GeNX or the Trent XWB?
Why do airline manufacturers not prefer using the best engines(max thrust: weight ratio and best efficiency) for their airplanes? Doesn't this just not lead to lower sales and losses for the company?
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Does Boeing and Airbus perform extensive safety inspections and/or stress tests on each other's aircrafts? [duplicate]
I have been wondering if it has been a common practice within the commercial airline industry for an aircraft manufacturer to purchase a brand new aircraft model built by their competitor and to then ...
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What happens if you preselect your destination QNH during cruise?
I've noticed some pilots preselect their destination QNH on their side of the FCU. In order to preselect the QNH, you need to momentarily switch out of STD which made me wonder:
Assuming your side is ...
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What does the C* (Cstar) parameter demand ?(A320)
I have been reading a LOT of research papers and many articles, but none of them tell how the C* parameter in Airbus is used for the vertical augmentation of the aircraft.
I am aware that with a ...
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Why don't Airbus planes have perfectly smooth front sections?
From time to time I like to watch a planespotting video and I must say that one tiny detail bothers me a slight bit.
Look at this Boeing plane:
And at this Airbus:
In particular, examine the section ...
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What is the thickness of an A320 radome?
What is the thickness of an A320 radome? This is needed to run some simulations.
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Visually see flap settings from passenger window behind wing
I've flown on a lot of Airbus and seen a lot of trip reports on YT and wonder if you can visually see the different flap settings (if you are seated at a window behind the wing), for example Up, Flap ...
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By how much did the content of the Airbus A320 FCOM expand over the last 40 years?
The Airbus A320 has been in service for almost 40 years now. I imagine that the current manuals are much larger than the manuals provided in the 80s, mainly for three reasons:
The newer models ...
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Why is Airbus' FCOM structure so different from EASA's recommended OM-B structure?
aicraft operators are allowed to publish their own operations manuals part "B" and in the past, have done so. I nrecent years, many operators revert back to "plain old vanilla" ...
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What is the protruding element on the vertical tail of this Airbus Zero E concept?
The TurboFan concept of Airbus Zero E has a protruding element on the top of its vertical tail, see the image below.
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Only this variant of the Zero E has it, is it related ...
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Airbus pilot Standard call out
For airbus pilots,when they Encounter a Master caution or master warning,what is PF's Standard call out?
"I have a control and communication,ECAM actions.",
OR just "ECAM Actions."?...
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Why did Airbus mix "colored light means ON" and "colored light means OFF" in the overhead panel?
Disclaimer: I don't have a real Airbus A330 at hand, nor am I a pilot.
After having crashed twice due to icing in rainy weather (not to talk about that here) with an Airbus A330 in X-Plane 12 ...
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In the last year, did Airbus make any changes to existing or newly built A220s control panels or AT/AP software?
As reported in various places (e.g. by simplyflying.com), there were two near-catastrophes in the A220, not because of the widely-discussed engine topic¹, but because of how autopilot & ...
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