The opportunity to abandon "package" tours and plan your own vacation is currently attracting not only lovers of extreme pastime, but also many Internet users. Numerous resources for booking hotels, inns, train tickets, ferries and planes give this activity a bright bit of adventurism, shimmering in a salutary stroke against the background of the gray everyday life.
Among the huge flow of information, future travelers will need the ability not only to correctly schedule their route, but also to understand which vehicle is ideal for them, for example, Airbus passenger aircraft. It will be helpful.
Longtime competitors
Historically, it happened in the world that the two main centers of modern aircraft manufacturing were divided by the Atlantic Ocean. Many different parallels can be drawn, but it is worth recognizing the fact that the American companyBoeing got its aircraft into the air more than half a century before the European manufacturer. For its part, Airbus understands this very well and is trying to compete in this market with innovative technical solutions.
The farthest flight arm without refueling for medium-haul aircraft, the lowest fuel consumption at maximum takeoff weight for flights on a short leg, landing on a steep descent path, finally, the most spacious air heavyweight to date in terms of carrying capacity, - All these records belong to the Airbus concern. The aircraft, which is less likely to be included in the report of air accidents, is another significant argument when choosing flights by travelers. According to the statistics of 2012, there were 58 accidents with the "American" against 22 - with the "European".
Air bus
This is how the name of the company is literally translated from English. Simple and clear. The historical prototype of the brand was the fantastic project of the Aérobus flying machine, published in early 1900 in France. The name of the company is pronounced differently in different countries. In English, Airbus sounds like "Airbus", in its historical homeland it is called "Airbus", and in our country, since the time of the Soviets, the simplified pronunciation "Airbus" has taken root. This happened in 1990, when the International Commercial Agency for Civil Aviation of the USSR signed an agreement on leasing five aircraft with Airbus Industry. Up to this point, "airbuses" inour country was called all wide-body aircraft, such as, for example, Il-96.
Virtual life
Someone scolds them, who adores them. There are even quite numerous user communities on the Internet, giving preference to certain brands. The motto of fans of modern Airbuses is “If it’s Boeing, I’m not going”, which translates as “If this is a Boeing, then I’m not flying.” To this, fans of the American aviation industry oppose them: “Airbus is not for us” (“Airbus” is not for us). Fans share their impressions of flying on a plane of their favorite brand, post photos of an Airbus or Boeing, discuss new models and future plans of the aviation giants, plan meetings for joint spotting, usually near large airports. Such communities unite people of different ages and professions, nationalities and religions. There are also professional pilots among them, working in operating airlines in Russia and other countries. It is they who bring jargon phraseological units to the environment of members of the forum - aviation lovers. For example, behind-the-scenes names of famous brands: "Airbus" is "Watermelon", "Boeing" is "Bobik".
Aircraft Genius
Airbus was formed in the early 1970s through the merger of several aircraft manufacturers into a huge European holding. The entire enterprise with its own headquarters in the suburbs of Toulouse, the city of Blagnac,directed by Fabrice Bregier. Formally, the Airbus is a French-made aircraft, because the final assembly of the winged car takes place exactly there, in France. However, most of its components (bearing structure, body, 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 has production sites in countries such as Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom.
Perfect technique
If you look at the photo of the "Airbus", then the gaze of the observer will see the complete perfection of the design. Smooth lines, the exact ratio of the volume of the fuselage with the wings according to the so-called golden section standard, the ideal proportions of the turbines and the mathematically precisely adjusted dimensions of the end winglets - all this adds up to a picture that is pleasing to the eye, as is the case with the reference "Mercedes" or "BMW" from the world of cars.
Technical characteristics of the aircraft are also on top. 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 completely capable of developing 1020 km / h when projected onto the earth's surface, or Mach 0.95-0.97 - almost on the verge of a flight mode transitionthrough the sound barrier (in supersonic flight mode, the aircraft overtakes its own speed of sound).
