20 facts you didn’t know about Airbus aircrafts.
The navigation system on the Airbus and other modern jets is descended from a design for the Apollo space programme. The electronic terrain clearance map on the Airbus and other modern jets was originally designed for cruise missiles. We can send a text message from the aircraft in the air. (Operational use only!) We can ring any telephone number in the world from the aircraft in the air. (Operational use only!) On Airbus and other European aircraft, a switch is ‘on’ when it is down. On Boeings and other US aircraft, it is ‘on’ when it is up. There is no Row 13 in our aircraft cabins. The aircraft paperwork is called the Ship’s Papers. The cockpit side windows are called the windscreens, but the front windows are called the windshields. When making a tight turn on the ground, one of the two nose wheel tyres comes off the ground. The strobe lights on the wing tips of an Airbus make a double flash. On a Boeing they make a single flash. When you flush the to
