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Team Details for the Financial Accounting Project

A registration page used by a class of about 66 students to record team details for a financial accounting project comparing two companies.

Radu BalasUpdated 18 Oct 20261 min read

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Project Airbus Tech

Announcing Project Airbus Tech (PAT) in February 2013: a free, FCOM sourced bank of technical questions and answers on the Airbus A320 for flight crew.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Radka Machova

An interview with Radka Machova, formation lead of the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team, on 42 years of flying, the Zlin 50LX, G forces and tight formation work.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas6 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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2013: A Year Flown By

A review of 2013 in global and Indian civil aviation: first flights of the A350, 777X programme and CSeries, Indian airline results, safety, regulation, training and air traffic.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas5 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Jets

A topic page on regional and mainline jets from the old Flying Engineer blog, built around the story of how Bombardier's C Series was born.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Shining the Green Laser: A Detriment to Flight Safety

A cheap green laser pointed at a landing airplane can light up the whole cockpit and blind the pilot at the worst moment. Here is why it is so dangerous.

Marius Stefan · 18 Oct 2026

By Marius Stefan2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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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 Balas · 19 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 19 Oct 2026

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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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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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