Originally Posted by
PLeblond
Wait... you say "knock-off kings ripping off the IP created by Companies in the West". isn't this basically what Airbus has done? OK... Except for the A 380 of course.
- A300 - first wide body twin jet (and began incorporating carbon fibre)
- A320 - first fly by wire commercial aircraft
- A330/340 - first basically common design to be able to use two or four engines depending on the customer's desired mission profile (at a time before ETOPS and very large high-powered engines could accomplish the mission)
- Pioneered common type rating
- Oh and then there was their aircraft called Concorde that was made by Airbus' predecessor companies
Last edited by The Lev; Feb 2, 2026 at 8:54 am