What are some amazing facts about Airbus?

They invented the fly by wire technology and also they recently invented embedded wing design and windowless cockpit.The airbus employees are constantly updated with rising demands in the field of aviation and how to cope up with them.They help intern students to get much knowledge in the field of aviation.Airbus has cutting edge safety measurements and so on.

Shown above is the image of the a380 which is the largest civilian aircraft till date outrunning its competitor boeing 787.

Airbus A380 Interesting facts:

- Many believe that A380 is the largest plane in the world. It is not! There is one more airplane called Antonov An-225, it is larger than A380.

- The wings of the plane are 54% larger than the wings of a Boeing 747 aircraft.

- Only 20 runways in the world are now fully capable of handling A380 air crafts. Others are not long or wide enough or not technically equipped for A380.

- More than 3600 liters of paint is required to paint the exterior of the aircraft.

- The aircraft is designed for 140,000 flying hours.

- The A380 is 24.1 meters high, 80 meters wide, and 72.7 meters long, equivalent to 2 blue whales length. The plane weighs approximately 590 tons.

- If all the wiring in the A380 is laid end to end, it will stretch to 320 miles.

- The A380 holds 81900 gallons of fuel weighing 560 tons. It burns 17% less fuel than other large airplanes.

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