The Airbus A380 is a big aircraft in every regard and of course fuel tanks are no different. The fuel powers the 4 engines which will create the thrust for the aircraft to create lift and fly. To consider some aspects the aircraft has a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) that will differ a little on …
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When the aircraft is flying in normal conditions, the engines will both be operating. The engines of course provide thrust to propel the aircraft forward and allow the wings to create lift – but they also have many other essential functions. One of these functions is that they are the main source of power during …
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The water on aircraft is stored in tanks, on most commercial aircraft the water tank is filled on the ground and used for the lavatories (toilet and wash basin) along with the galleys (drinking water / boiler for tea and coffee). The water is distributed along water pipes to the different areas of the aircraft …
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The Pratt & Whitney 2000 engine is a popular engine installed on Boeing’s 757 aircraft and still operates today in both passenger and freighter variants; it is also used on the C-17 globe master aircraft. At launch the PW2000 was ground-breaking in commercial aviation – it was the first Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) …
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The Airbus A320 family of aircraft comprising of the A318, A319, A320 and the A321 series aircraft has been an enormous success for Airbus. The aircraft operates in both passenger and cargo configurations and has multiple engine options available. The aircraft needed to be more fuel efficient and the design, while it had been updated …
The origins of ETOPS (Extended Twin Operations) / EDTO (Extended Diversion Time Operations) and the requirement for awareness stem from the mid 1950’s the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) standing committee for aircraft performance reviewed engine reliability data of the era and discovered that the 60-minute rule was still of good standing. With the introduction …
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