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Airbus A-320

  • Airbus Incident in New Orleans

    In case you missed it, back in the first week in April an Airbus A-320 took off from New Orleans and then climbing through 4000′ the crew got a message on the Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (ECAM) concerning an Autothrottle system problem and then another saying that there was smoke detected in the Avionics Bay.…

  • Flying Stories for Feb 11, 2011

    I’m just about back on the right time zone after my last trip. There are more posts on the way, but in the mean time: Here are a few stories that you may have missed this week. The restoration of a 1929 Waco 10 This is a nice article from The Atlantic Flyer about a…