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Airbus A320


Darold Petty

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My wife and I love to travel.  I have visited far more foreign countries than American states.  Typically the plane travels about 550 miles per hour at an elevation of 35000 feet with exterior temperatures well below zero.  Meanwhile, the passengers complain about the crummy food or terrible movies available while we all fly along in an aluminum tube in near perfect safety.

  I have often thought that it would be a great documentary film to show the miraculous degree of engineering and complexity of modern passenger aircraft.  This article has some really great photographs of the plane components during assembly.

 I'm not sure if this link will work for Palmtalkers, as I pay for a digital subscriptions to the New York Times.  Anyway ,here is the link;  Enjoy !!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/magazine/a-look-inside-airbuss-epic-assembly-line.html?action=click&contentCollection=Business%20Day&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article

 

 

 

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Very nice, I love stuff like this and have always loved aviation. I have been blessed to travel and fly in the A380, and the 747 and 777's. I also flew in the older 727's, DC9's, Lockheed L1011, and so many more. I have even flown and soloed in a Cessna 152 and 172, and flew in the right seat of a 1929 Ford Trimotor. 

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Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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Thank you for sharing this!  As someone who works in the Aerospace industry, it is difficult to convey the engineering, testing, logistics, and overall complexity that goes into just one of these aircrafts.

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Great article.....aviation has always been one of my hobbies.

So much, I have had my private license since the early 80's. 

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Great piece!

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