The initial production version of the A330 was designated -300. It flies with a crew of two and can accommodate up to 440 passengers to a range of 6,329 miles at Mach 0.86. The A330 was the first Airbus design to be offered with engines from all three major manufacturers - General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce. Both the A340 and the A330 are built to a common design with wings swept to 30 degrees with nine foot winglets, the difference being the A330 is powered by two engines and the A340 by four.
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An excellent look at the Airbus A330 and A340,
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This review is from: Airbus A330 and A340 (Airlife's Airliners: 16) (Paperback)
The Airlife's Airliner series of books cover individual commercial aircraft types in an interesting, in-depth manner. Each volume of this British series covers a unique commercial aircraft type from its design, production, entry into service, its usage by airlines, and in some cases eventual demise. Each volume features plenty of color and black and white photographs of the subject aircraft along with a complete construction list (accurate to date of publication for aircraft types still being built). Volume 16 covers the Airbus A330 and A340 widebody airliners ... including the most-recent derivatives and provides an interesting look at the genesis of these long-range airliners.
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Latest and good addition to the nice Airlife's series,
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Last title in the nice Airlife's airliners series, examines in detail the successful Airbus big brothers.Particularly interesting and accurate the chapter on development, and also the technical description. It is a pity that the engines are only superficially described, but notwithstanding this, (and a few mis-printed photos) the volume is at a very high standard. It is also well updated, with many infos on the "big Buses" a340-500 and -600. Recommended to all jetliners fans!
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A Colorful Overview of Two Important Airbus Planes,
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This review is from: Airbus A330 and A340 (Airlife's Airliners: 16) (Paperback)
Airbus entered the world of commercial airliners with its A300, which set the standard for the twin-engine widebody. Then came the A310, a highly versatile aircraft, but two aircraft hardly make a family. It was with the smaller A320 series that Airbus established itself as a major player as a builder of commercial airplanes. Building on the success of having a family of jetliners, Airbus introduced the A330 and A340 widebody aircraft. And this book does a fine job in chronicling the development of the earlier versions of both types, it provides scant detail on the newer A340-500 and A340-600. (The A330-200 freighter was introduced long after this book's 2001 publication.) The book covers the evolution of the two types from the A300/A310, chronicling the design and development of both the A330 and A340, also offering technical specifications on all the variants of the -200 and -300 series of both types, for which the author deserves kudos. Following the Airlife forumla, the book covers the life of both airliner types in service and the operators with which they have been flying with through 2001. A short list of incidents, a production history, and a chnrolology complete the book. The photos, mostly stock Airbus material, are superb.
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