Tag Archives: A300

AF447 related-A classic ‘pre-computerised cockpit’ encounter with iced up pitots

July 6, 2009 – 9:55 am

A US reader has found an intriguing report into an incident in 1996 in which an American Airlines Airbus A300-600R suffered from some of the issues identified as affecting AF447 .
The jet flew into severe icing conditions and the pilots lost reliable speed readings.
This jet pre dates the fly-by-wire and intensively computer aided control management [...]

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The Past-The A300 makes its demo debut at Le Bourget 1973

June 11, 2009 – 4:07 pm

On 29 May, 40 years after Airbus was founded, Plane Talking recounted the demonstration flight debut of its original airliner, the A300 at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget in 1973.
The first officer seat for much of the flight was taken by US Republican presidential hopeful and experienced pilot Senator Barry Goldwater while the [...]

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The Airbus debut that made headlines for just over a day

May 29, 2009 – 9:41 am

Forty years ago today the agreement that launched the Airbus A300 was signed at the 1969 Paris Air Show.
Coming during massive focus on the approaching Apollo 11 moon mission, and one year after France and West Germany were adjusting to the aftermath of the student riots the concept of a pan European aerospace entity [...]

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