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The Airbus A320

Country of origin Type

European consortium Short to medium range airliner


Photos Schematics

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Photo © Marlo Plate - Iberian Spotters

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History

Perhaps the most important contributor to Airbus


Industrie's success as an airliner manufacturer,
the four member A320 family is a significant sales
success and a technological trailblazer. The 150
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seat A320 is the foundation and best selling
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member of the family.
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The A320 is perhaps best known as the first


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airliner to introduce a fly-by-wire flight control
system - where control inputs from the pilot are
transmitted to the flying surfaces by electronic
signals rather than mechanical means. Apart from
a small weight saving, the advantage of Airbus' fly-
by-wire is that as it is computer controlled, an
inbuilt flight envelope protection makes it virtually
impossible to exceed certain flight parameters
such as G limits and the aircraft's maximum and
minimum operating speeds and angle of attack
limits.

Also integral to the A320 is the advanced


electronic flightdeck, with six fully integrated EFIS
colour displays and innovative sidestick controllers
rather than conventional control columns. The
A320 also employs a relatively high percentage of
composite materials compared to earlier designs.
Two engines are offered, the CFM56 and IAE
V2500.

Powerplants The A320 program was launched in March 1982,


first flight occurred on February 22 1987, while
certification was awarded on February 26 1988.
Two 111.2kN to 120.1kN (25-27,000lb) CFM Launch customer Air France took delivery of its
International CFM56-5A1 turbofans or 118kN first A320 in March that year. The first V2500
(26,500lb) CFM56-5A3s or 120kN (27,000lb) - engined A320 was delivered to Adria Airways in
5B4s, or two 113.4kN (25,500lb) International May 1989.
Aero Engines IAE V2500-A1 or 117.9kN
(26,500lb) V2527-A5s. The initial production version was the A320-100,
which was built in only small numbers before
Performance being replaced by the definitive A320-200
(certificated in November 1988) with increased
max takeoff weight, greater range and winglets.
A320-200 - Max cruising speed 903km/h (487kt)
The stretched A321 and shortened A319 and
at 28,000ft, economical cruising speed 840km/h
A318 are described separately. All four share a
(454kt) at 37,000ft. Range with 150 passengers
common pilot type rating. Mid 2000 A320 family
and reserves with CFM56s 4843km (2615nm),
production was at a monthly rate of 22, to be
or 5639km (3045nm), or 5278km (2850nm); increased to 30 units a month by the end of 2002.
with V2500s 4874km (2632nm) or optionally
5463km (2950nm) or 5676km (3065nm). Copyright Airliners.net, some information Copyright Aerospace
Weights Publications

A320-200 - Operating empty with V2500s


42,220kg (93,079lb); with CFM56s 42,175kg
(92,980lb). Standard max takeoff for both
versions 73,500kg (162,040lb) or optionally
75,500kg (166,445lb) or 77,000kg (169,755lb).

Dimensions

Wing span 34.09m (111ft 10in), length 37.57m


(123ft 3in), height 11.76m (38ft 7in). Wing area
122.6m2 (1319.7sq ft).

Capacity

Flightcrew of two. Main cabin can accommodate


a maximum of 179 passengers in a high density
layout. Typical two class seating arrangement
for 12 passengers at four abreast and 138 at six
abreast. Seven LD3 derived LD3-46 containers
or palletised cargo can be stored in the
underbelly forward (four) and rear (three) freight
holds.

Production

As of early 2003, firm orders for the A320 stood


at 1397 with 1131 delivered.

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