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The Airbus A320 family was the first airliner to feature a full glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control system. The only analogue instruments were the radio magnetic indicator, brake pressure indicator, standby altimeter and artificial horizon, the latter two being replaced by a digital integrated standby instrument system in later production models.
Heinkel was the first to develop a jet fighter to prototype stage, the Heinkel He 280, the first Heinkel design to use and fly with retractable tricycle gear. In early 1942, the photographic interpretation unit at RAF Medmenham first saw evidence of the existence of the 280 in aerial reconnaissance photographs taken after a bombing raid on the ...
Data from Heinkel He 111: A Documentary History General characteristics Crew: 5 (pilot, navigator/bombardier/ nose gunner, ventral gunner, dorsal gunner/radio operator, side gunner) Length: 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 22.6 m (74 ft 2 in) Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in) Wing area: 87.6 m 2 (943 sq ft) Empty weight: 8,680 kg (19,136 lb) Gross weight: 12,030 kg (26,522 lb) Max takeoff weight: 14,000 ...
RB145R engine Top view, showing the air intake for the two fuselage lift engines. Both Heinkel (based on Heinkel He 231) [7] [8] and Messerschmitt (Messerschmitt Me X1-21) [9] [10] had developed designs to meet the requirements of VTOL flight and by 1959, the two companies, along with Bölkow, had created a joint venture company, called EWR, to develop and manufacture an envisioned supersonic ...
Heinkel was born in Grunbach, today a part of Remshalden.As a young man he became an apprentice machinist at a foundry.Heinkel studied at the Technical Academy of Stuttgart, [1] where he initially became interested in aviation through a fascination with Zeppelins, and in 1909 attended an international airshow in Frankfurt am Main.
Accelerate-by-wire or throttle-by-wire, [3] more commonly known as electronic throttle control; Brake-by-wire; Shift-by-wire in automatic transmissions that are manumatic or in automated manual transmissions. This may include park by wire which actuates the parking pawl as part of the shifting system. Steer-by-wire; Fly-by-wire in aviation contexts
The Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It was the world's first aircraft to fly using the thrust from a turbojet engine. The He 178 was developed to test the jet propulsion concept devised by the German engineer Hans von Ohain during the mid-1930s.
Müller decamps with half the team to Heinkel. Frank Whittle's patent drawing for his engine is published in the German magazine Flugsport. Heinkel He 178, the world's first aircraft to fly purely on turbojet power. August: Heinkel He 178 V1, the first jet-powered aircraft, flies for the first time, powered by the HeS 3B.