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by GregTravis
2646 days ago
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Couple of things here to keep in mind. First, when the A320 came out I wrote extensively about its fly by wire system, which was highly controversial at the time (early 1990s). It’s been nearly thirty years since then and long story short, Airbus has vastly more experience with implementing cockpit automation than Boeing. Boeing simply got in far over their expertise with deadly results Second, Airbus’ 320 airframe does not impose the same issues with larger engines that the 737 does. For starters, the 330 airframe started life in the era of large high-bypass turbofans — its initisl engines were much larger than the 737’s initisl engines |
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