However optimistic they may have been when the Airbus project first began back in 1965, I'm sure the directors of the company could not have foreseen that thirty years later Airbus would take more orders in a single year than that great plane maker Boeing. (During 1994 orders placed for Airbus Industrie aircraft exceeded those of Boeing by one.)
Airbus Industrie was set up in December 1970 to manage the development, manufacture, marketing and support of the twinengined A300 medium-haul wide-bodied airliner; the prime contractors were Aerospatiale, Deutsche Airbus and HawkerSiddeley (later British Aerospace). These were later joined by CASA of Spain. Components manufactured by these companies are transported to the assembly line at Toulouse, where all flight testing and pre-delivery work is undertaken prior to the aircraft being handed over to the customer. The first A300 took to the air at Toulouse on its maiden flight on 28 October 1978, with the smaller A310 following in April 1982.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Photos, Sparse Text,
This review is from: Airbus A320 (Airline Markings, Vol. 14) (Hardcover)
As an airline pilot with time in quite a few different types, I can honestly say that of all the types currently in widespread use, the A-320 series is my favorite (although I suspect I would like the A-330 even more.) This is a small book devoted to the A-320, and it is mainly a book of photographs. The illustrations are generally excellent, but the book is very short, and the text is very general. Honestly, I was torn between three and four stars here, but went with four due to the quality of the photographs. It isn't that this is a bad book; it is just very brief, and fairly insubstantial in terms of text, although in fairness it is from the "Airline Markings" series, and it does cover that aspect of the A-320 well. The A-320 is a dream to fly, and if you want a great little book chock full of photos of A-320s, this is a good one.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good reference of Airbus A320 operators,
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This review is from: Airbus A320 (Airline Markings, Vol. 14) (Hardcover)
The book contains at least one photo and brief description of the airline operating the A320. Very concise and interesting for those who want to have Airliner References in their bookshelf. Due to the increasing popularity of the A320 family there are some airlines missing in the list - but that's beyond the author's capabilities. A few photos are of an average quality but most of them are very good.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Good,
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This review is from: Airbus A320 (Airline Markings, Vol. 14) (Hardcover)
I would say that this book is nice, with many nice photos and descriptions of an operator's colour scheme.
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