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Landing Gear (A320)

An explainer on the A320 landing gear, emergency extension, LGCIUs, nose wheel steering, normal and alternate brakes, autobrake and gear speed limits.

Radu BalasUpdated 18 Oct 20265 min read

Aircraft

Autoflight (A320)

An explainer on the Airbus A320 autoflight system: FMGS modes, autothrust, flight directors, FMA readings, SRS, expedite, ILS and autoland, alpha floor and windshear.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas12 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

Final

A topic page for the Final tag: the first Airbus A320neo, MSN 6101, entering final assembly at Toulouse in March 2014, and what it meant for the program.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Aircraft

A320 Communication Systems: Questions and Answers

A question and answer study guide to the Airbus A320 communication systems: radio management panels, audio panels, interphones, emergency calls, evacuation signals and the cockpit voice recorder.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas5 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Aircraft

Aircon, Pressurisation and Ventilation (A320)

A question and answer style explainer for the Airbus A320 air conditioning, cabin pressurisation and avionics ventilation systems, from the old Project Airbus Tech notes.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas6 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Aircraft

Making a Lynx Micro Headset Charger on the Go

How a lost charger for a Lynx Micro headset was replaced on the road with an LM317 based charger, while flying a powered paraglider for the Election Commission.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Aircraft

Airbus Tech

Project Airbus Tech was a set of A320 systems questions and answers for flight crews, arranged by ATA chapter. This page lists the chapters.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Careers & crew

Training aircraft goes missing

On 24 December 2013 an IGRUA Diamond DA40 CS, VT-FGE, went missing on a solo cross country from Gondia to Panchmarhi. This was our report as it unfolded that day.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Careers & crew

CFI Feature: Wing Commander (retd) Srikrishna, GMR-APFT

Part of our 2013 CFI Feature series. The Chief Flying Instructor of GMR-APFT, Hyderabad, a former Indian Air Force Qualified Flying Instructor, on what makes a good instructor and the state of flying training in India.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Careers & crew

CFI Feature: Wing Commander (retd) Neel Kamal, Chimes

Part of our 2013 CFI Feature series. The Chief Flying Instructor of Chimes Aviation Academy, a former IAF helicopter instructor with 5,600 hours, on moving from rotary to fixed wing and the state of training in India.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas4 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Careers & crew

CFI Feature: Air Commodore (retd) TK Chatterjee, IGRUA

Part of our 2013 CFI Feature series. IGRUA's Chief Flying Instructor, a former IAF test pilot and instructor with over 5,000 hours, on instructors, General Aviation and the regulator.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

737 production ramp up, and how it compares with the A320's

In November 2013 Boeing announced the 737 line at Renton would go from 38 to 42 aircraft a month in 2014 and 47 in 2017. We compared that with Airbus's A320 output.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

SpiceJet's Inaugural Bangalore to Bangkok Run

On board SG 91, SpiceJet's first flight from Bangalore to Bangkok on 27 October 2013: the crew, the route, the load sheet, the weather, the cabin and the welcome at Suvarnabhumi.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas9 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

First Photo of an Air Costa Aircraft with an Indian Registration

The first good public photo of an Air Costa Embraer 170 in Indian markings: VT-LSR, caught at Bangalore on 18 October 2013 by a young photographer, Karthik Kumar.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

The Pratt and Whitney PW1100G Geared Turbofan Engine

An introduction to the Pratt and Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan that would power the first A320neo, and what the full technical article covered: design, comparisons with the LEAP-1A, and why the 737 MAX did not need an engine that large.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

Airbus A350 MSN001: First Flight and Developmental Timeline

Written two days before the A350 XWB's first flight on 14 June 2013, this piece covers why the A350 exists, what MSN001 is, and the step by step timeline that led to the first flight test aircraft.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

The A350's First Flight Crew: Focus on Fernando Alonso

It is every pilot's 2 faced moment: the first flight of an unproven airplane. Although coming from a company that has made some of the finest airliners over the years, every new airplane is a new airp

Radu Balas · 19 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 19 Oct 2026

Airlines

The 747-8: Lufthansa-Boeing's Mistake

A 2013 look at the Boeing 747-8: how Lufthansa and Boeing worked together, why only 100 orders came in, and how the A380 and 777 took its markets.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

A320 Sharklets: Factory Installation vs Production Retrofit

How Airbus A320 Sharklets were fitted either at the factory or later as a production retrofit, and why JetBlue's N821JB and AirAsia's 9M-AQQ each made a small piece of history in 2013.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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