British Airways Airbus A 321-231 on Approach to Aberdeen Dyce Airfield Grampian Region North East Scotland
The Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range commercial passenger airliners are manufactured by Airbus. Family members include the A318, A319, A320, and A321, as well as the ACJ business jet. First delivered in 1988, the A320 pioneered the use of digital fly-by-wire flight control systems in a commercial aircraft. With more than 3,500 aircraft of the A320 family built, it is the second best-selling jet airliner family of all time after the family's primary competition, the Boeing 737. The Airbus A320 family are low-wing cantilever monoplanes with a conventional tail unit with a single fin and rudder. They have a retractable tricycle landing gear and are powered by two wing mounted turbofan engines. Compared to other airliners of the same class, the A320 features a wider single-aisle cabin ( inches ( m) outside diameter, compared to 148 inches ( m) in the Boeing 737 and inches ( m) in the Boeing 717) and larger overhead bins, along with fly-by-wire technology. In addition, the aircraft has a spacious cargo hold equipped with large doors to assist in expedient loading and unloading of goods. Swiss International Air Lines's A319 taking off and A320 taxiing at Zürich International A320 features a computerised on-board maintenance system. With the exception of the very earliest A320s, most can be upgraded to the latest avionics standards, keeping the aircraft advanced even after two decades in service. Compared with the A320 the A321's major change is the stretched fuselage, with forward and rear fuselage plugs totalling (22ft 9in) (front plug immediately forward of wing , rear plug directly behind the wing 9in). Other changes include strengthening of the undercarriage to cope with the higher weights, more powerful engines, a simplified and refined fuel system and larger tires for better braking. A slightly modified wing with double slotted flaps and modifications to the flight controls.
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Location: Dyce Airfield Aberdeen Grampian Region North East Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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