Talk:Airbus A310

Accident Summary

Presumably the 9 July crash in Siberia is not included in the hull losses and fatalities figure. VoxLuna 19:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo bias

There's too many "pretty" profile photos. Article needs less of them and more interior cabin or flight deck shots, and perhaps a closeup or two of an interesting feature of the aircraft. -Rolypolyman (talk) 11:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

If you have any suitable non pretty images then you are welcome to add them. The only reason none are present is that they are none available in WikipediaCommons to use and we are reliant on users to upload suitable images to Commons so they can be added. MilborneOne (talk) 12:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Correctamundo... that's why I'm putting the call out, so to speak. -Rolypolyman (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

History

This is not a history, it doesn't give any details of the type's development, launch, production, etc. - these ARE interesting details, and the German version, for instance, does provide them.78.48.132.194 (talk) 15:36, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a work in progress and is never complete, you are welcome to add any properly sourced and notable information to the article. Thank you. MilborneOne (talk) 17:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Engines

A310-308 (CF6-80C2A8) is missing in the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.3.241.65 (talk) 05:57, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Timeline

This is not a discussion Sp33dyphil ^{Ready • to • Rumble} 10:23, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

• April 1978: Hanover Air Show, exhibition of model Airbus A310
• 1978: BAe announced intentions of rejoinng at Farnborough Air Show
• 9 June 1978: Swissair and Lufthansa developed joint specification for aircraft
• 1 January 1979: BAe rejoined Airbus

May 1979: Belairbus joined Airbus

• 15 March 1978: Swissair placed firm order for 10 aircraft; Lufthansa, Air France and Iberia followed
• 7 July 1978: Airbus launched A310 programme
• 1 April 1979: Lufthansa raised commitments to 25 firm & 25 options
• 3 April 1979: KLM placed order
• 6 July 1979: Air France raised orders
• Throughout 1979: Martinair, Sabena and Air Afrique placed orders

Size of shrink

It's a bit murky to say that the plane is 12 frames shorter than the A300B series. To produce the A310, Airbus pulled 14 frames out the A300B4, then relocated the rear bulkhead further aft in order to make more space within the cabin. The cabin may be the equivalent of 12 frame pitches shorter, but the plane is shorter by 14 frames overall. Sacxpert (talk) 08:29, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

re-assessed

I,ve re-assessed this article as there are style issues and new material added requiring references/citationsPetebutt (talk) 03:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

A310 Wing design

I remember when this aircraft was introduced and it was claimed to have the most advanced wing in the world at that time. It was a supercritical section in the days when that was comparatively rare. It was described as "a completely clean wing", having no wing fences or vortex generators. Interestingly, it also had no outboard ailerons, a fact confirmed by the photo of the Tarom aircraft in the article.

I raise this because I think it would make a useful addition to the article. It was certainly a major part of Airbus Industrie's sales pitch and as far as I know, remains unique in modern aircraft design. I remember it being hailed as revolutionary by aviation cognoscenti of the time. Can anyone confirm this?

This article has some excellent and relevant information: http://www.airbus.com/support/publications/?eID=dam_frontend_push&docID=18293

I used to have some Airbus Industrie advertising material which related to the A310 but I'm having trouble locating it. Flanker235 (talk) 07:26, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

150 or 153 people on board?

I saw conflicting sources, one saying 150 people on board and the other saying that there was 153 people on board; can someone clarify which one is correct?

Thanks. Sam.gov (talk) 18:26, 30 January 2014 (UTC)