Part of the new Fact File series: fundamental knowledge for aviation enthusiasts, covering a vast number of brands and model history with technical data, facts and images. All important information about the aircraft of Airbus at a glance.

The Airbus was initially designed and developed in order to provide a contender to the Boeings growing monopoly of the skies in the biggest large-aircraft market in the world. Ambitious in design, the undertaking seemed mammoth. Yet scores of aviation engineers and pilots worked to get the design off the ground and the Airbus in our skies. This ......

On 4 November 2010, a flight from Singapore to Sydney came within a knife edge of being one of the world's worst air disasters. Shortly after leaving Changi Airport, an explosion shattered Engine 2 of Qantas flight QF32 – an Airbus A380, the largest and most advanced passenger plane ever built. Hundreds of pieces of shrapnel ripped through the ......

Producer's notes: Released to celebrate 90 years of Qantas, the story of Qantas is a vivid and authentic account of the 90-year history of Australia's most enduring legend. Affectionately known as the world's most experienced airline the history of Qantas is one 90 years in the making. Qantas was conceived by Lieutenants Wilmot Hudson Fysh ......

An incredibly detailed account of the development of the 787 Dreamliner, describing every stage of the evolution of the 787 with credit given to the sources of inspiration that led to the shape, the materials and other aspects of the design. Selection of the engine suppliers and the development of the Rolls-Royce and GE engines and their ......