Tag Archives: Barry Goldwater

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

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 [...]

The Airbus debut that made headlines for just over a day

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 [...]