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A fly-by-wire (FBW) system replaces manual flight control of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals transmitted by wires (hence the term fly-by-wire), and flight control computers determine how to move the actuators at each control surface to provide the expected response ...
Spray-painting a historic de Havilland Dragon Rapide in the colors of Iberia (2010). An aircraft livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, governments, air forces and occasionally private and corporate owners) apply to their aircraft.
The aircraft would have 3-by-2 standard seating and 4-abreast business class, 2.1 m (7 ft) stand-up headroom, fly-by-wire and side stick controls. 20 percent of the airframe weight would be in composite materials for the centre and rear fuselages, tail cone, empennage and wings. The first flight was planned for 2008 and entry into service for 2010.
Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson is a book written in 2009 by William Langewiesche about US Airways Flight 1549 with emphasis on the role played by the advanced fly-by-wire flight control system of the aircraft. Flightpath flown (red).
Southwest Airlines began revenue flights on June 18, 1971, using three Boeing 737-200 aircraft, and operated the type exclusively during the airline's early history. These aircraft were not originally ordered by Southwest, but rather were delivery slots taken over from Air California, Aloha Airlines, and Pacific Southwest Airlines, [11] including a lone 737-200 Combi which was later traded ...
This is a list of aircraft of Norwegian Air Shuttle and its subsidiaries for the individuals that are currently, or have previously been portrayed on the fleet.. Norwegian's livery consists of a red nose, followed by a blue ribbon and white, with the vertical stabilizer initially featuring historically distinctive Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, and Finns, but has since expanded to individuals of ...
The following table shows total firm orders of A320neo family aircraft by customer and variant as of December 2021. [1] In the engine columns, the boxes filled in with a * signify that the airline has ordered all their A320neo jets with that particular engine.
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