Airbus

Airbus

How Airlines Choose Between LEAP-1A and PW1100G Engines on the A320neo Family

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The Airbus A320neo Family is unusual among current large commercial-aircraft programmes because airlines can choose between two fundamentally different engine architectures. The CFM International...

Inside the Airbus BelugaXL: How Oversized Aircraft Sections Move Across Europe

How the Airbus A330 MRTT Refuels Aircraft in Flight

How Airbus Brake to Vacate Calculates the Right Runway Exit

How the Airbus A320 Family Single Type Rating Works Across Four Variants

Boeing

Boeing

How the Boeing 777’s Fly-by-Wire System Preserves Conventional Control Feel

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The Boeing 777 was Boeing’s first commercial airliner designed with a full digital fly-by-wire primary flight-control system. Yet Boeing deliberately retained conventional control columns,...
Boeing

How the Boeing 787’s Electrochromic Windows Control Light and Heat

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The Boeing 787 uses large electronically dimmable passenger windows instead of conventional pull-down shades. Each window can change from a relatively clear state to...

How the Boeing 787 Composite Fuselage Is Manufactured and Inspected

How the Boeing 737 MAX Advanced Technology Winglet Reduces Drag

How Boeing Builds the 777X Composite Wing

How the GE90-115B Powers the Boeing 777-300ER

Airlines

Airports

Airports

How Instrument Landing Systems Guide Aircraft in Low Visibility

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An instrument landing system, or ILS, is a ground-based radio-navigation system that provides precision lateral and vertical guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway....

How Runway Grooves, Drainage and Surface Friction Reduce Hydroplaning

How A-SMGCS Tracks and Protects Aircraft on Busy Airport Surfaces

How Airport Rescue and Firefighting Categories Are Determined

How ACR-PCR Determines Whether an Airport Pavement Can Support an Aircraft

Routes

Facts

Facts

Why Airliner Cabin Lights Are Dimmed for Take-off and Landing

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Cabin lights are commonly dimmed before take-off and landing because those phases combine high workload, low altitude and the greatest likelihood that an evacuation...

Why Airliner Passenger Doors Are Plug-Type and Cannot Simply Open in Flight

Why Airliner Wings Are Designed to Flex in Flight

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