Airbus A320 Outshines Boeing‘s 737

http://www.localnewsleader.com/brocktown/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=149623 ^ | February 26, 2006 | GILLIAN WONG,

[saganite]

Thanks. I'll give it a try. I haven't found any so far but I did find this info on the C-17 wing test failure. It failed at a much earlier point than the A-380.


Static Wing Test Failure. A potentially serious problem was revealed in October 1992 when the wings of a C-17 used in static ground testing failed during loads testing -- the wings buckling on both sides of the plane at the same spot when a load approximating 130% of maximum was placed on the aircraft. Contract specifications and military standards call for a 150% capability, and the Air Force has made this a strict benchmark. The company corrected the 1992-93 wing problems without redesigning and replacing the entire wing structure. Once a suitable fix was determined, it was retrofitted on planes already delivered or on the production line, and further changes for ease of production were engineered into the production line.

http://www.fas.org/man/crs/93-041.htm

[A.A. Cunningham]

It's actually attached to a test rig, not an airframe.

Partial airframe.

Photos © Airbus

Photos © Airbus

[saganite]

I'm partially righ then. LOL!

[saganite]

[saganite]

[wjcsux]

[Mr. Lucky]

All of the patents have expired, so you're free to ramp up production again. I used to love flying in those old girls.

[stefan10]

A real shame

Airbus (A320) sold only 20% of the complete 737 production in one year. They must be in a real panic because of the A320.

The 737 has been modernized many times in the 38 years.

You can not blame a company for having a new fresh and modern product as an excuse for the other company that is not willing or able to develop a newer product.


You can do as others here and start bashing the A380 and the several failures or the A340 that did not perform very well in the last year or the A330 ( in general the complete widebody segment) but do not bash the best selling plane of the last years and the upcomming years. this is not very clever.

by the way the headline refers to the success of the A320 at an asian airshow where the A320 outperformed the 737 and for example Adam Air announced that they choose the A320 to replace their older Boeing planes.