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The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus.^[1]

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Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a major French state-owned aerospace corporation that developed and manufactured both civilian and military aircraft as well as rockets, missiles and satellites.

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Adria Airways

Adria Airways d.o.o. (formerly Inex-Adria Aviopromet and later Inex-Adria Airways) was the flag carrier of Slovenia, operating scheduled and charter services to European destinations.

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Air France

Air France (legally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France.

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Air India

Air India is the flag carrier airline of India.

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Air Inter

Air Inter (legally Lignes Aériennes Intérieures) was a semi-public French domestic airline in France that operated from 1954 until it merged with Air France in 1997.

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Air purifier

An air purifier or air cleaner is a device which removes contaminants from the air in a room to improve indoor air quality.

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Airborne early warning and control

An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack aircraft.

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Airbus

Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace corporation.

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Airbus A220

The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliners by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (ACLP). Airbus A320 family and Airbus A220 are Airbus aircraft and twinjets.

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Airbus A300

The Airbus A300 is Airbus's first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, double-aisle wide-body airliner, developed and manufactured by Airbus from 1971 to 2007. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A300 are Airbus aircraft and twinjets.

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Airbus A310

The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A310 are 1980s international airliners, Airbus aircraft and twinjets.

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Airbus A318

The Airbus A318 is the smallest and least numerous variant airliner of the Airbus A320 family. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A318 are Airbus aircraft and twinjets.

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Airbus A319

The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A319 are Airbus aircraft and twinjets.

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Airbus A320neo family

The Airbus A320neo family is an incremental development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners produced by Airbus. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A320neo family are Airbus aircraft and twinjets.

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Airbus A321

The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A321 are twinjets.

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Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. Airbus A320 family and Airbus A380 are Airbus aircraft.

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Airbus Corporate Jets

Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) is a business unit of Airbus which markets and completes business jet variants of the company’s airliners.

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Airbus Mobile

The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility is an assembly site for Airbus's Commercial Airplanes division, located at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama, United States.

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Aircraft cabin

An aircraft cabin is the section of an aircraft in which passengers travel.

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Aircraft design process

The aircraft design process is a loosely defined method used to balance many competing and demanding requirements to produce an aircraft that is strong, lightweight, economical and can carry an adequate payload while being sufficiently reliable to safely fly for the design life of the aircraft.

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Aircraft flight control system

A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight.

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Aircraft maintenance checks

Aircraft maintenance checks are periodic inspections that have to be done on all commercial and civil aircraft after a certain amount of time or usage.

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Airframe

The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe.

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Airliner

An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Alenia Aeronautica

Alenia Aeronautica was an Italian aerospace company.

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Alitalia

Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A., operating as Alitalia, was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy.

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Aluminium alloy

An aluminium alloy (UK/IUPAC) or aluminum alloy (NA; see spelling differences) is an alloy in which aluminium (Al) is the predominant metal.

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American Airlines

American Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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Aspect ratio (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its mean chord.

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Astral Aviation

Astral Aviation is a cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Attitude indicator

The attitude indicator (AI), formerly known as the gyro horizon or artificial horizon, is a flight instrument that informs the pilot of the aircraft orientation relative to Earth's horizon, and gives an immediate indication of the smallest orientation change.

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Australia Post

Australia Post, formally known as the Australian Postal Corporation, is a Commonwealth government-owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia.

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Aviation accidents and incidents

An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction.

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Aviation fuel

Aviation fuels are petroleum-based fuels, or petroleum and synthetic fuel blends, used to power aircraft.

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Aviation Industry Corporation of China

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is a Chinese state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Beijing.

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Aviation Partners

Aviation Partners Inc. (API) is a Seattle-based private corporation that specializes in performance-enhancing winglet systems.

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network, a division of Informa.

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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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BAC One-Eleven

The BAC One-Eleven (or BAC-111/BAC 1-11) is an early jet airliner produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Airbus A320 family and BAC One-Eleven are twinjets.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bernard Ziegler

Bernard Ziegler (12 March 1933 – 4 May 2021) was a French pilot and engineer, who served in Airbus as senior vice president for engineering, well known for his evangelical zeal for the application of the fly-by-wire system in the Airbuses.

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Boeing

The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.

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Boeing 717

The Boeing 717 is an American five-abreast narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Airbus A320 family and Boeing 717 are twinjets.

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Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 are twinjets.

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Boeing 737 Classic

The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 Classic are twinjets.

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Boeing 737 MAX

The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 MAX are twinjets.

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Boeing 737 Next Generation

The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a twin-engine narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 Next Generation are twinjets.

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Boeing 757

The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Airbus A320 family and Boeing 757 are twinjets.

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Boeing Business Jet

A Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) is a version of a Boeing jet airliner with modifications to serve the private, head of state, and corporate jet market.

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Bombardier Aviation

Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.

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Bombardier Global Express

The Bombardier Global Express is a large cabin, long-range business jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aviation. Airbus A320 family and Bombardier Global Express are twinjets.

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Bond market

The bond market (also debt market or credit market) is a financial market in which participants can issue new debt, known as the primary market, or buy and sell debt securities, known as the secondary market.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977.

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British Aircraft Corporation

The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960.

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British Airways

British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom.

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British Caledonian

British Caledonian (BCal) was a private independent airline in the United Kingdom that operated from 1970 until it merged with British Airways in 1988.

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British European Airways

British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 1974.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Cantilever

A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Cargo aircraft

A cargo aircraft (also known as freight aircraft, freighter, airlifter or cargo jet) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of cargo rather than passengers.

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CASA (aircraft manufacturer)

Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) was a Spanish aircraft manufacturer that was founded in 1923 and began manufacturing aircraft the following year.

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Catalytic converter

A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device which converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction.

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Cathode-ray tube

A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.

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Ceiling (aeronautics)

With respect to aircraft performance, a ceiling is the maximum density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions, as determined by its flight envelope.

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Center of mass

In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.

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Cerberus Capital Management

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is an American global alternative investment firm with assets across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies.

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CFM International CFM56

The CFM International CFM56 (U.S. military designation F108) series is a Franco-American family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines made by CFM International (CFMI), with a thrust range of.

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CFM International LEAP

The CFM International LEAP ("Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion") is a high-bypass turbofan engine produced by CFM International, a 50–50 joint venture between American GE Aerospace and French Safran Aircraft Engines.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.

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China Eastern Airlines

China Eastern Airlines (branded as China Eastern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Changning, Shanghai.

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China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines (branded as China Southern) (中国南方航空) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong.

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Cockpit

A cockpit or flight deck is the area, on the front part of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.

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Comac C919

The Comac C919 is a narrow-body airliner developed by Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac. Airbus A320 family and Comac C919 are twinjets.

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Competition between Airbus and Boeing

The competition between Airbus and Boeing has been characterized as a duopoly in the large jet airliner market since the 1990s.

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Composite material

A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material which is produced from two or more constituent materials.

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Computer programming

Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks.

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Crore

A crore (abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system.

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Cyprus Airways

Cyprus Airways (Greek: Κυπριακές Αερογραμμές) is the flag carrier of Cyprus, based at Larnaca International Airport.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Dassault Mirage 2000

The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, delta wing, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India.

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Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Design thinking

Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.

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Dornier Flugzeugwerke

Dornier Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claude Dornier.

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Douglas Aircraft Company

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace and defense company based in Southern California.

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DRDO AEW&CS

The DRDO Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) is a project of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation to develop an airborne early warning and control system for the Indian Air Force.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.

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Dubai Airshow

The Dubai Airshow (معرض دبي للطيران) is a biennial air show held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in cooperation with Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Dubai Airports, Dubai World Central and the UAE Armed Forces.

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EasyJet

EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport.

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EL/M-2075 Phalcon

The EL/M-2075 Phalcon is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) active electronically scanned array radar system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Elta Electronics Industries of Israel.

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Elbe Flugzeugwerke

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (literally: Elbe aircraft factory, commonly abbreviated as EFW) is an aerospace manufacturer based in Dresden, Germany.

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Electronic centralised aircraft monitor

An electronic centralised aircraft monitoring (ECAM) or electronic centralized aircraft monitoring is a system that monitors aircraft functions and relays them to the pilots.

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Electronic flight instrument system

In aviation, an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) is a flight instrument display system in an aircraft cockpit that displays flight data electronically rather than electromechanically.

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Electronic visual display

An electronic visual display is a display device that can display images, video, or text that is transmitted electronically.

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Elevator (aeronautics)

Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft's pitch, and therefore the angle of attack and the lift of the wing.

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Embraer

Embraer S.A. is a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation.

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Embraer E-Jet family

The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast, narrow-body, short- to medium-range, twin-engined jet airliners designed and produced by Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. Airbus A320 family and Embraer E-Jet family are twinjets.

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Embraer Lineage 1000

The Embraer Lineage 1000 is a variant of the Embraer 190 regional jet airliner, launched as a private jet on May 2, 2006. Airbus A320 family and Embraer Lineage 1000 are twinjets.

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Empennage

The empennage, also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.

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Escadron de Transport 60

The Escadron de transport, d'entraînement et de calibration 00.065 (ETEC 65, "Transportation, training and calibration squadron") is a unit of the French Air and Space Force, under direct command of the Minister of Defence, in charge of the transportation of the President, the Prime Minister and other French government officials.

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ETOPS

ETOPS is an acronym for Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards, which are safety standards developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for twin-engine commercial passenger aircraft operations.

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European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states.

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European Union Aviation Safety Agency

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Commission with responsibility for civil aviation safety in the European Union.

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Exhaust mixer

In aviation, an exhaust mixer is a feature of many turbofan engines, where slower, colder bypass air is mixed with faster, hotter core exhaust gases, before exhausting to atmospheric pressure through a common (mixed flow) propelling nozzle.

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Farnborough International Airshow

The Farnborough International Airshow is a trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries, where civilian and military aircraft are demonstrated to potential customers and investors in Farnborough, Hampshire.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Fiat

Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (originally FIAT, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiary of Stellantis through its Italian division Stellantis Europe.

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Flap (aeronautics)

A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight.

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Flight control surfaces

Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude.

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Flight envelope protection

Flight envelope protection is a human machine interface extension of an aircraft's control system that prevents the pilot of an aircraft from making control commands that would force the aircraft to exceed its structural and aerodynamic operating limits.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

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Fly-by-wire

Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface.

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Fokker

Fokker (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker), was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996.

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French franc

The franc (franc français,; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France.

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Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is a major American ultra low-cost airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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Fuel economy in aircraft

The fuel economy in aircraft is the measure of the transport energy efficiency of aircraft.

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German Air Force

The German Air Force (lit) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Glass cockpit

A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features an array of electronic (digital) flight instrument displays, typically large LCD screens, rather than traditional analog dials and gauges.

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GmbH

(), literally 'company with limited liability' (abbreviated as GmbH in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and as Ges.m.b.H. in Austria), is a type of legal entity in German-speaking countries.

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Great circle

In mathematics, a great circle or orthodrome is the circular intersection of a sphere and a plane passing through the sphere's center point.

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Gulfstream G550

The Gulfstream G550 is a business jet aircraft produced by General Dynamics' Gulfstream Aerospace unit in Savannah, Georgia, US. Airbus A320 family and Gulfstream G550 are twinjets.

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Gulfstream G650/G700/G800

The Gulfstream G650 is a large business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. Airbus A320 family and Gulfstream G650/G700/G800 are twinjets.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder, also known as Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, is an aircraft manufacturing plant and associated private airport in the Finkenwerder quarter of southwest Hamburg, Germany.

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Hawker Siddeley

Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production.

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Hawker Siddeley Trident

The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley.

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Head-up display

A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

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Henri Ziegler

Henri Ziegler CVO, CBE (18 November 1906 in Limoges – 24 July 1998, in Paris) was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.

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Hull loss

A hull loss is an aviation accident that damages the aircraft beyond economical repair, resulting in a total loss.

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IAE V2500

The IAE V2500 is a two-shaft high-bypass turbofan engine built by International Aero Engines (IAE) which powers the Airbus A320 family, the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, and the Embraer C-390 Millennium.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial air transport

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the airline industry due to travel restrictions and a decimation in demand among travelers.

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In-flight entertainment

In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to entertainment and other value-added services available to aircraft passengers during a flight.

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Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces.

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IndiGo

InterGlobe Aviation Limited, doing business as IndiGo, is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

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Indonesia AirAsia

PT Indonesia AirAsia, operating as Indonesia AirAsia, is an Indonesian low-cost airline based in Tangerang, Banten.

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Industrial robot

An industrial robot is a robot system used for manufacturing.

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Inflation

In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.

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Intel 80186

The Intel 80186, also known as the iAPX 186, or just 186, is a microprocessor and microcontroller introduced in 1982.

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Intel 80286

The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982.

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Intercom

An intercom, also called an intercommunication device, intercommunicator, or interphone, is a stand-alone voice communications system for use within a building, small collection of buildings or portably within a small coverage area, which functions independently of the public telephone network.

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International Aero Engines

IAE International Aero Engines AG is a Zürich-registered joint venture aeroengine manufacturing company.

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International Civil Aviation Organization

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.

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International Lease Finance Corporation

The International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) was an aircraft lessor headquartered in the Constellation Place in Century City, Los Angeles, California, US.

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International Standard Atmosphere

The International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) is a static atmospheric model of how the pressure, temperature, density, and viscosity of the Earth's atmosphere change over a wide range of altitudes or elevations.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jacques Chirac

Jacques René Chirac (29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007.

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Japanese Aero Engine Corporation

The Japanese Aero Engine Corporation is a consortium of several large Japanese companies (Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that develops and manufactures aero engines. The joint venture was formally established during 1981, it became a part of the larger International Aero Engines (IAE) consortium in the following year.

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Jet fuel

Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines.

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JetBlue

JetBlue Airways Corporation (stylized as jetBlue) is a major airline in the United States.

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John Leahy (executive)

John Leahy (born August 1950) is an American businessman.

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The Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) was an associated body of the European Civil Aviation Conference representing the civil aviation regulatory authorities of a number of European States who had agreed to co-operate in developing and implementing common safety regulatory standards and procedures.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Korean Air

Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (KAL), operating as Korean Air, is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations, and international flights.

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.

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LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213

LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Peru from Lima to Juliaca.

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Lift-induced drag

Lift-induced drag, induced drag, vortex drag, or sometimes drag due to lift, in aerodynamics, is an aerodynamic drag force that occurs whenever a moving object redirects the airflow coming at it.

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Light-emitting diode

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it.

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Liquid-crystal display

A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.

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List of Airbus A320 orders and deliveries

These are the orders and deliveries the Airbus A320 family.

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List of aircraft

The lists of aircraft are sorted in alphabetical order and is broken down into multiple pages.

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List of commercial jet airliners

The following is the list of purpose-built passenger jet airliners.

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London City Airport

London City Airport is a city airport in London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lufthansa

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, or simply Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany.

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Maiden flight

The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Maximum takeoff weight

The maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) or maximum gross takeoff weight (MGTOW) or maximum takeoff mass (MTOM) of an aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot is allowed to attempt to take off, due to structural or other limits.

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McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-9

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Airbus A320 family and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 are twinjets.

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McDonnell Douglas MD-80

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. Airbus A320 family and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 are twinjets.

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McDonnell Douglas MD-90

The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) MD-90 is an American five-abreast single-aisle airliner developed by McDonnell Douglas from its successful model MD-80. Airbus A320 family and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 are twinjets.

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Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm

Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) was a West German aerospace manufacturer.

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Middle East Airlines

Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. (translit), more commonly known as Middle East Airlines (MEA) (translit), is the flag carrier of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut, near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport.

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Ministry of Defence (India)

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) (romanized: Raksha Mantralay) is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian Armed Forces.

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MJET

MJET is an Austrian air operator headquartered in Schwechat and based at Vienna International Airport.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Monarch Airlines

Monarch Airlines, simply known as Monarch, was a British charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family.

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Monoplane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.

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Motorola 68010

The Motorola MC68010 and Motorola MC68012 are 16/32-bit microprocessors from Motorola, released in 1982 as successors to the Motorola 68000.

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MTU Aero Engines

MTU Aero Engines AG is a German aircraft engine manufacturer.

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Nacelle

A nacelle is a streamlined container for aircraft parts such as engines, fuel or equipment.

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Narrow-body aircraft

A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a cabin less than in width.

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Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010.

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Operating empty weight

Empty weight (EW) is the sum of the ‘as built’ manufacturer's empty weight (MEW), plus any standard items (SI) plus any operator items (OI), EW.

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Pan Am

Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris Air Show

The Paris Air Show (Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget, Salon du Bourget) is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France.

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Passenger service unit

A passenger service unit (PSU) is an aircraft component situated above each row in the overhead panel above the passenger seats in the cabin of airliners.

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Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.

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Payload

Payload is the object or the entity which is being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.

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Pratt & Whitney PW1000G

The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G family, also known as the GTF (geared turbofan), is a family of high-bypass geared turbofan produced by Pratt & Whitney.

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Pratt & Whitney PW6000

The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine designed for the Airbus A318 with a design thrust range of.

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Prime Minister of France

The prime minister of France (Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers.

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Propfan

A propfan, also called an open rotor engine, open fan engine or unducted fan (as opposed to a ducted fan), is a type of aircraft engine related in concept to both the turboprop and turbofan, but distinct from both.

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Prototype

A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process.

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Qantas Freight

Qantas Freight is a subsidiary company of Australia's largest airline Qantas, responsible for the air cargo operations of the Qantas group.

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Range (aeronautics)

The maximal total range is the maximum distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing.

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Reliance Industries

Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai.

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Research and development

Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.

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Roger Béteille

Roger Béteille (28 August 1921 – 14 June 2019) was a French aeronautical engineer and businessman.

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Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011.

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Royalty payment

A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset.

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Saab AB

Saab AB (originally,, acronym SAAB), with subsidiaries collectively known as the Saab Group (Saabgruppen), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company primarily operating from Sweden.

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Side-stick

A side-stick or sidestick controller is an aircraft control stick that is located on the side console of the pilot, usually on the righthand side, or outboard on a two-seat flightdeck.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Spectrum News 1 North Carolina

Spectrum News 1 North Carolina is an American cable news television channel owned by Charter Communications, as an affiliate of its Spectrum News slate of regional news channels.

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ST Engineering Aerospace

ST Engineering Aerospace, formerly known as ST Aerospace, is the commercial aerospace entity of ST Engineering.

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Steven F. Udvar-Házy

Steven Ferencz Udvar-Házy (born 1946), also known as István or Steve Hazy, is a Hungarian-American billionaire businessman and the executive chairman of Air Lease Corporation.

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Sullenberger Aviation Museum

The Sullenberger Aviation Museum, formerly the Carolinas Aviation Museum, is an aviation museum on the grounds of Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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A supplemental type certificate (STC) is a civil aviation authority-approved major modification or repair to an existing type certified aircraft, engine or propeller.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Swept wing

A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage.

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Swissair

Swissair (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.

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Takeoff

Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer is an American newspaper serving Charlotte, North Carolina, and its metro area.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Thrust-specific fuel consumption

Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) is the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output.

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Tianjin

Tianjin is a municipality and metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea.

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Times Now

Times Now is an English news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group.

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Titan Airways

Titan Airways Limited is a British charter airline based at London Stansted Airport.

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Toulouse

Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.

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Trailing edge

The trailing edge of an aerodynamic surface such as a wing is its rear edge, where the airflow separated by the leading edge meets.

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Tupolev Tu-204

The Tupolev Tu-204 (Туполев Ту-204) is a twin-engined medium-range narrow-body jet airliner capable of carrying 210 passengers, designed by Tupolev and produced by Aviastar-SP and Kazan Aircraft Production Association. Airbus A320 family and Tupolev Tu-204 are twinjets.

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Turbofan

A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion.

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Turboprop

A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Twinjet

A twinjet or twin-engine jet is a jet aircraft powered by two engines. Airbus A320 family and twinjet are twinjets.

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Type certificate

A type certificate signifies the airworthiness of a particular category of aircraft, according to its manufacturing design (type design).

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Type rating

A type rating is an authorization entered on or associated with a pilot license and forming part thereof, stating the pilot's privileges or limitations pertaining to certain aircraft type.

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Tyrolean Jet Services

Tyrolean Jets & Services (TJS) was established in 1978 as Austria's first executive air operator, operating business jets and management jets for Swarovski's Corporate Flight Department and for clients on the worldwide air charter market.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Unit load device

A unit load device (ULD) is a container used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft and specific narrow-body aircraft.

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United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (in case citations, W.D. Tex.) is a federal district court.

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US Airways

US Airways was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1937 until it merged with American Airlines in 2015.

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US Airways Flight 1549

US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States.

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Vehicular automation

Vehicular automation involves the use of mechatronics, artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems to assist the operator of a vehicle such as a car, lorries, aircraft, or watercraft.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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Vertical stabilizer

A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft.

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VFW-Fokker

VFW-Fokker GmbH was a joint venture of Fokker and Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) started in 1969 that, from then on, controlled the ERNO initiative.

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Vickers

Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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Weybridge

Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London.

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Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County.

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Wingtip device

Wingtip devices are intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft by reducing drag.

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Wingtip vortices

Wingtip vortices are circular patterns of rotating air left behind a wing as it generates lift.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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Yakovlev MC-21

The Yakovlev MC-21 (Яковлев МС-21) is a single-aisle airliner, developed in Russia by the Yakovlev Corporation (formerly known as Irkutsk Corporation), a branch of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), itself a 92%-owned subsidiary of Russia's state-owned aviation giant Rostec. Airbus A320 family and Yakovlev MC-21 are twinjets.

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Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast

Zhukovsky (Жуковский) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moskva River, southeast of Moscow.

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1970s energy crisis

The 1970s energy crisis occurred when the Western world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages as well as elevated prices.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320_family

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