| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-BUAD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airbus A300 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airbus A300 |
| Aircraft Version: | Airbus A300B2-103 |
| C/n (msn): | 003 |
| Operator Titles: | Airbus Industrie |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FarnboroughMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLF IATA: FAB Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Farnborough International 1986 |
| Photo Date: | September 1986 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 741826 |
| Photo Comment |
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This was the first public reveal of the world's first fly-by-wire airliner, in which manual controls had been replaced by a purely electrically signalled control system relying on computers and actuators. In basic TOA Domestic colours, the aircraft wowed the crowds with low power/speed passes suddenly giving way to control inputs that caused the big jetliner to change attitude uncannily fast. Used by General Electric from 1989 to 1996, in 2005 F-BUAD passed to NoveSpace (CNES) for use as a Zero-G trainer. It is now preserved at Cologne, replaced in that role by an ex Luftwaffe A310 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 October 2024, and has since been viewed 120 times. |