Airbus pioneered the use of fly-by-wire (FBW) systems in commercial aviation with the launch of its successful Airbus A320 program in the late 1980s. The A320's fully digital FBW system was a first ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An aerospace expert and Managing Director of The Lundquist Group. Nov 29, 2025, 06:26am EST The new Airbus A320 airliner sits on ...
The fundamentals of flight have remained the same since the Wright brothers first left the ground, but nearly everything else has changed. Design standards have shifted from simple airframes to ...