Modern aircraft are increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives, into the lives of ordinary people associated with aviation, for the most part, only by a summer flight to the place of annual vacation in a hot country by the gentle sea. The ability to abandon package tours and plan your holidays yourself currently attracts not only lovers of extreme pastimes, but also many Internet users. Numerous resources for booking hotels, hotels, train tickets, ferries and airplanes give this occupation a vivid bit of adventurism, a saving stroke flickering against the background of gray everyday routine.
Among the huge flow of information, future travelers will need the ability not only to correctly plan their routes, but also to understand which vehicle is ideal for them, for example, Airbus passenger planes. It will be useful.
Longtime competitors
Historically, in the world, the Atlantic Ocean divided the two main centers of modern aircraft construction. You can draw many different parallels, but it is worth recognizing the fact that the American company Boeing took off its aircraft more than half a century earlier than the European manufacturer. For its part, Airbus understands this very well and is trying to compete in this market with innovative technical solutions.
The longest flight shoulder without refueling for medium-haul aircraft, the lowest fuel consumption at the maximum take-off weight for short-haul flights, landing along a steep descent path, and finally, the most airy heavyweight at the given moment in terms of load capacity - all these records belong to the aircraft concern Airbus. An airplane, which is less likely to fall into the summary of air accidents, is another significant argument when choosing flights by travelers. According to statistics from 2012, there were 58 accidents in the "American" versus 22 - in the "European".
Air bus
That is how the implication of the company is translated from English literally. Simple and clear. The historical prototype of the brand was the fantastic design of the Aérobus aircraft, published at the beginning of 1900 in France. The name of the company in different countries is pronounced in different ways. In English, Airbus sounds like “Airbus,” in the historical homeland it is called “Airbus,” and in our country, from the time of the Soviets, a simplified pronunciation of “Airbus” has taken root. This happened in 1990, when the International Commercial Civil Aviation Agency of the USSR signed an agreement on leasing five airliners with Airbus Industry. Up to this point, all wide-body aircraft, such as, for example, the Il-96, were called “airbuses” in our country.
Virtual life
Someone scolds them, who loves them. On the Internet, there are even quite a large community of users who prefer certain particular brands. The motto of modern Airbus fans is: “If it's Boeing, I'm not going”, which translates as “If it's Boeing, then I’m not flying.” To this, fans of the American aircraft industry oppose them: “Airbus - not for us” (“Airbus” is not for us). Fans share their impressions of flying on a plane of their favorite brand, upload photos of an Airbus or a Boeing to the network, discuss new models and future plans of air giants, plan meetings for joint spotting, usually near large airports. Such communities unite people of different ages and professions, nationalities and religions. Among them are professional pilots working in operating airlines in Russia and other countries. It is they who bring slang phraseologisms to the forum users - aviation enthusiasts. For example, behind-the-scenes names of famous brands: "Airbus" is "Watermelon", "Boeing" is "Bobik".
The genius of aircraft
Airbus was established in the early 1970s through the merger of several aircraft manufacturers into a huge European holding. The entire company, with its own headquarters in the suburb of Toulouse, Blagnac, is managed by Fabrice Breguier. Formally, the “Airbus” is a French-made aircraft, because the final assembly of the winged car takes place there, in France. However, most of its components (supporting structure, hull, avionics systems) are produced in other countries, and delivered to the final conveyor by freight trains or even by air, as is the case with the Airbus A380. The global European concern operates production sites in countries such as Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom.
Impeccable technique
If you look at the photo of the “Airbus”, then the observer's gaze will reveal the complete design perfection. Smooth lines, the exact ratio of the volumes of the fuselage to the wings according to the so-called standard of the golden section, the ideal proportions of the turbines and the mathematically precisely calibrated sizes of the end winglets all add up to a picture that is pleasing to the eye, as is the case with the standard Mercedes or BMW from the world of cars.
Technical characteristics of aircraft are also up to par. Airbus speed is one of the highest in the subsonic passenger transportation segment. The flagship of the brand, the wide-body A350, which began to be produced in January 2015, is capable of gaining Mach 0.89, or 945 km / h, when projected onto the earth's surface. The largest aircraft of the Airbus company, the A380, is capable of developing 1020 km / h when projected onto the earth's surface, or Mach 0.95-0.97, almost on the verge of transition of the flight mode through the sound barrier (in the supersonic flight mode the device overtakes its speed of sound).