Airliner Airbus A321 - the largest aircraft of the A320 family.He was seven meters longer than the main liner.Designed for use on medium-haul routes.The first official flight took place on 11th March 1993.
A321 installed on more powerful engines, reinforced chassis, slightly changed the structure of the wing.In a typical arrangement, the aircraft is designed to carry 170 passengers.The standard interior scheme is divided into two classes.For budget and charter flights produced a bigger version - A321 (scheme without division into classes of cabin), which is able to carry 220 passengers per trip, flight range when it reaches 5600 km.
Development A320, which is a modification of the Airbus A321, launched after the success of the A300.Concern is expected to create new aircraft, which will be able to compete with the most popular in the classroom while the Boeing 727. It was planned that this will be the same size liner with several variants of passenger capacity.
A320 had to outperform their counterparts - the Boeing 727, 737. The emphasis is on the widespread introduction of digital technologies in the control and protection system of the aircraft.
Compared with Boeing, Airbus A321 has a more spacious interior with roomy shelves for hand luggage.The lower deck is a bulk cargo and has ample cargo hatches.
Beginning in 2000, Airbus A321, and the other members of this family to innovate, first used in the production of the A318 (a shortened version of the aircraft).Replaced cladding panels, increasing even more shelves for hand luggage.Each passenger has a new FAP-panel touch screen, individual LED lighting.The brightness of the interior is regulated.
Updated cockpit.Instead monitors on cathode ray tubes mounted liquid crystal displays (LCD).Change Computer filling.Modernization and touched some of the mechanisms.All this combined with the relatively small costs of this service provided aircrafts and more popular in the world.A320 is now the Airbus helps to cope with the problems that have arisen because of losses in the production of aircraft giant A380.
work to improve the family is not terminated, despite the fact that the first A320 took off more than a quarter century ago.Today it is one of the most popular aircraft in its class in the world with excellent lёtnymi and performance.
widely used in the construction of lightweight composite materials, which account for about 20%.Applied honeycomb reinforced plastic.Mechanization of the wing machine is almost completely made of composite materials.Vertical tail is 100% of them.
Airbus A321 has the following characteristics: the length of 44.51 m and a diameter of 3.7 m fuselage it has a wingspan of 34.1 meters.Height - 11.76 m. Able to lift into the air up to 89 000 kg.At full load, the length of the runway should be at least 2,180 m. Lounge seats 170 to 220 passengers, depending on the layout.Flight range can reach 5,950 km at a cruising speed of 840 km / h and a ceiling of 11,800 meters. The plane has 6 doors for passengers, eight emergency exits.
Well, in this photo you can see inside myself Airbus A321.The scheme is its interior:
- Business Class: 1 to 7 series.
- Economy Class: 8 to 31 series.
