| ▲ | roryirvine 2 days ago | |
And, importantly, this programme is targetting the next generation of single-aisle aircraft. It was hard enough to convince a few dozen of the world's largest airports to make the alterations needed to accommodate the A380's wings. Demanding similar changes at the thousands of smaller airports where A320-class planes land would be a non-starter. | ||
| ▲ | a4isms a day ago | parent [-] | |
> Demanding similar changes at the thousands of smaller airports where A320-class planes land would be a non-starter. Perhaps similar: One of the reasons the Vickers VC10 was so successful in the 60s and 70s was that it could operate from short runways, high ambient temperatures, and high altitudes compared to other jets of its era. It was far easier for carriers like BOAC to fly those into Britain's former colonies than it would have been to magically expect all those colobnies to update their airports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_VC10 p.s. As a boy, I flew to West Africa in 1970 on a VC10. Now I know some of the backstory. | ||