Airbus A300B and A310 family

With the second volume of the book series, we return to the root of the type history of the Airbus aircraft factory, the dawn of joint European aircraft production, in chronological order of production history. The author has worked on the history of the start of joint European aircraft production, from the emergence of political demand, through the pitfalls to the roll-out of the first Airbus A300B, with test flights and the first non-European operator. Learn about the first two-pilot, wide-body aircraft in the history of civil aviation, the political storms caused by the loss of an on-board engineer's permanent job in the cockpit, and track A300B aircraft with reduced passenger, but also medium- and long-range3. For the sake of a separate chapter, we will talk about the development of the production of the type family, as the integration of the main elements and components manufactured in several locations on the continent into the final assembly site has since grown into an independent industry with a separate history. The protagonist of this story is the Beluga, a special transport vehicle built on the foundations of the A300B4-600, the history of which can also be found here. Among other things, the book is the story of the revolutionary integrated flight data system that began its world conquest with the A310-300 family, but commemorates Airbus's great old men, the cherished dreams of European commercial aircraft manufacturing and fierce fighting is. "The success of the A300B and A310 family has demonstrated to the continent's leading economic and medium-sized powers that we have a lot to offer in the extremely narrow market for passenger aircraft. it was a recognition that the mutual provision of wide-ranging collaboration, technology, and engineering expertise goes far beyond any bloody national self-awareness or individual will to work together. By collaboration, the starry sky is the limit. - the author