A 1st in commercial aviation & one of the most distinctive features of the 777X's design is its innovative folding wingtips. The 777X boasts an impressive 235 feet and five-inch wingspan, a bit too wide for most airport gates. 🧵 The Boeing 777X Folding WingTip (FWT) operation.

The hugely scaled-up versions of the A320 winglet were adopted into the A380 design in late 1998. The final design is made up of upper and lower fences attached to a wingtip box structure that fits on the end of the outer cantilever wing box. Made from light aluminum alloy, it is

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With the great L104 → L103+ downgrade now rolled out on almost the entire worldwide A320 family fleet, we’ve officially said goodbye to two very nice improvements that L104 had introduced. 1️⃣ Pitch Attitude Limitation in Alternate Law (PALAL) This was a clever little feature:

.@EASA emite el EAD y muchísimos A320s se tendrán que someter a revisión y actualización. Puede provocar disrupciones en las operaciones, pero la seguridad siempre va por delante.

What's even more impressive: these guys can change a wheel in under 20 minutes... a wheel that weighs up to 200 kg! Me trying to change a my car tyre: still stuck at the lug nuts after 45 minutes How long do YOU take to change a tyre?

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Not too long ago, in 1966, the gold standard for flight simulators—used by Concorde pilots—was called the SudSim. It had 3-axis motion and used closed-circuit television to project an image of Toulouse in front of the pilots. Considered by the pilots as "the best visual aid

In its landing config, the L-1011 featured a system known as Direct Lift Control (DLC), which was quite innovative. With the aircraft fully configured for landing, the spoilers would deploy to a baseline angle of 7°. Pushing the control yoke forward to command a steeper descent

The Inertial Reference System (IRS) is the sole self-contained and independent onboard system capable of calculating an aircraft's position. ​Unlike Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) or radio navigation, which depend on external signals (from satellites or ground

Beards can prevent an oxygen mask from sealing properly in an emergency, which is why many airlines historically required pilots to be clean-shaven. A poor seal allows for oxygen leakage, which can lead to hypoxia at high altitudes. However, recent studies have shown that

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Fun Fact: The Concorde was one of the first commercial airliners to utilize carbon ceramic brakes. Not only do they provide more "bite" during landing or during an RTO, they also save a significant amount of weight over metal brakes. At the high temperatures they experience

The Boeing 787-10 is the longest member of the 787 family. In addition to its extended length, it incorporates several other distinct features. A key distinction between the Boeing 787-10 and other Dreamliner variants is the inclusion of a Flaps-Up Vertical Modal Suppression

On this festival of lights, may you ignite your dreams with the light of success. Fun fact: Contrary to their appearance, the A320 actually uses two strobe lights on each wingtip that are programmed to flash in close succession. How quick — they light up for just 50

The quick-donning oxygen masks for flight crews need to be worn in 5 seconds or less - with one hand, a requirement for aircraft operating above 25,000 feet. Fun fact: While the TUC remains well above, it's actually much shorter for people exposed to stressful conditions. Add to

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Tl;DR : On the A320 family, under normal operating conditions, the only time you should hear this sound (briefly) is when the second engine is starting. This is when the Power Transfer Unit (PTU) is doing a self test. You may also briefly hear it while the engines are shutting

Just like surgeons, Airbus pilots also have two dome lights that provide the cockpit with shadow-free lighting. Each dome light has four halogen long-life lamps. Powered by a 28-volt DC system, it provides shadowless general cockpit lighting.

The huge A380 wing features three flap sections mounted on six flap tracks. Five of these tracks are located outboard along the trailing edge and are covered by fairings. Inboard "canoe" fairings for flap tracks 2 and 3 are deliberately cut back to make way for the emergency

The Airbus A340 was engineered for an optimal economic cruise speed of Mach 0.82, but it was frequently criticized as a slower aircraft - compared to the Boeing 747-400. Airbus was consistently defending the A340 against critiques of its cruise speed, countering claims from

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Once considered state-of-the-art in cabin illumination tech, Fluorescent lights contain mercury, a toxic substance that poses environmental risks if the bulbs are broken or improperly disposed of. They may also include other harmful materials, like phosphor coatings, which

What a wonderful showcase of the Airbus A320 production line at Hamburg by the team at @flightradar24. The XLR project coming out of here is really special. @gwleigh, we really want to know what you saw inside the RCT? 😉 Also, I learned today that there are more than 7,000

The sweet-sounding dual spool of the Airbus A380. On a standard 45-meter-wide runway, the engines of the giant A380 can be well outside the paved surface, which could be grass, sand, or loose gravel. At low speeds, this could be ingested by the outer engines. In order to