AviTech Reader

Today going back we focus on one of the large players in the commercial industry..talk Airbus. On this day in 1967 (France/West Germany/UK), the governments of France, West Germany, and Britain signed a memorandum that called for the development of the Airbus A300 wide-bodied jet airliner. Wide body aircraft like Airbus A380 normally have two passenger aisles that result in a diameter of 5-6m rather than the normal 3-4m. The first wide body aircraft was the Boeing 747. Some are used for passenger service while others are for freight transport. An example of a variation of the A300 is the A300-600ST also called the “Airbus Beluga”. The wikipedia article about such aircraft is here.