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Diving into the A320: Dive Speeds

What the A320 dive speed is, why fly-by-wire protections keep the aircraft away from it, and the numbers: MD/VD Mach 0.89 / 381 kt.

Radu BalasUpdated 19 Oct 20262 min read

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Airbus A380

A topic page for the Airbus A380 tag, built from the post on A320 dive speeds, high speed protection and A380 dive testing.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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India Aviation 2012: Exhibitors

A page about the exhibitors at India Aviation 2012, the civil aviation show held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, in March 2012. The original exhibitor list was not preserved.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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787

A topic page on the Boeing 787 from the old Flying Engineer blog: the India Aviation 2012 tour, an Air India ferry hop, the A330 comparison and more.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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NFTI: Rising to the Top, and How

A visit to NFTI Gondia, a CAE Global Academy, on 16 to 18 January 2012, and why it rose to the top of Indian flight schools, compared with IGRUA: fleet, instructors, facilities, cost and job placement.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas4 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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A320 Dive Speeds: VD and MD

What the VD and MD dive speeds are on the Airbus A320, how fly by wire protections keep the aircraft below them, and what happens if speeds above VMO and MMO are reached.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Aero India 2011

A photo gallery from Aero India 2011 at Yelahanka, Bangalore, with aircraft from the Gipps Aero GA8 Airvan to the Su-30 MKI and the Surya Kiran aerobatic team.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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