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Airbus A380 Aircraft Family – The A380
www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/
a380/a380/index.html
Information on performance, specifications and cabin layout, plus a counter showing how many of the aircraft have been ordered and delivered and are in operation.
Airdisaster.com
www.airdisaster.com
An accidents database, eyewitness reports and statistics are housed on this website aimed at making our skies safer.
Environmental Facts and Figures
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/…
The Environment Agency looks at the impact our travel has on the environment and on our health. Online reports and graphs are available, plus links to more government statistics sites.
A Hulking Beast Joins the Dogfight
www.economist.com/…
Recent article in The Economist that looks at the new Airbus giant and discusses whether it will leave Boeing trailing in its wake.
Offset your Air Travel Pollution
www.guardian.co.uk/…
Each time we fly, we are contributing to global warming. Planes use kerosene, which is a non-renewable fossil fuel that releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as it burns. Find out how you can offset this effect and help 'Climate Care' projects to cut greenhouse gases.
Pledge Against Airport Expansion
www.airportpledge.org.uk
Aviation is the fastest-growing contributor to climate change and the UK is about to embark on the biggest programme of expansion the country has ever seen. Find out more on this website and if you are concerned, sign the pledge against airport expansion.
Rivals in the Air
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/125726.stm
Article written in 2000 that offers good background information on the fierce competition that has grown between Airbus and Boeing.
Close to the Sun: How Airbus challenged America's domination of the skies by Stephen Aris (Agate Publishing, 2004)
Offers a colourful history of Airbus – a long-running drama marked by high global politics and billion-dollar gambles between the European plane manufacturer and the giants of the American aerospace industry. Today the company has overtaken its one remaining rival to become the world's most successful aeroplane manufacturer.
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Dogfight: Transatlantic battle over Airbus by Ian McIntyre (Greenwood Press, 1992)
Examines the intense rivalry of the past two decades between the European Airbus consortium and the major US aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. In placing the controversy in its political and international context, the author has had access to many of the key players in the industry in both Europe and the US, and has interviewed a large number of politicians, officials and senior airline and aircraft executives.
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The Planes That Made Boeing by Peter G Dancey (Galago Books, 2004)
Tells the story of the Boeing Aircraft Corporation which has been at the forefront of innovation and experimentation in the design of aeroplanes: the men, the prototypes, the orders and the individual planes that made the name famous.
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