Evolution of Airbus (1/3): From Humble Origins to Beating Boeing

Witness Airbus's incredible history, navigating the turbulent skies of competition to rise as a major rival to Boeing, this is the Evolution of Airbus Part 1!
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00:00 Intro
00:41 Foundation
02:36 Airbus A300 Development
04:20 A300B
07:10 Founding of Airbus SE
07:36 A300 Launch & Variants
09:37 Airbus A310
13:06 A300-600
18:11 Airbus A320
Credits:
Airbus Website: www.airbus.com/en
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: • Boeing 787-10 Dreamlin...
Boeing 737: • Boeing completes first...
Boeing 747-8: • Boeing 747-8 Intercont...
by Boeing
Airbus A350-1000: • Airbus A350-1000 Type ...
history of Airbus: • A brief history of Airbus
Airbus Commercial Aircraft: • Airbus Commercial Airc...
A300 Birth of a Saga: • A300 Birth of a Saga E...
July 1967 meeting: www.airbus.com/sites/g/files/...
A300 First Flight: • 50th Anniversary of A3...
A family That Flies Together: • A family that flies to...
A340-600 final assembly: • A340-600 final assembl...
by Airbus
Airbus A320 Landing: • First IndiGo Airbus A3...
by Buxtehudefilm
Franz Josef Strauss: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_J...
Airbus A300: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_...
Four-engined jet aircraft: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-en...
Airbus A340: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_...
Airbus A330: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_...
Airbus A320 family: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_...
by Wikipedia
WorldWar Z: • WorldWar Z-Plane Scene...
by MovieWatcher159
A310-203 British: www.flickr.com/photos/kenfiel...
by Flickr
AIRBUS A310 Cockpit: • Piloting AIRBUS A310 o...
by Just Planes
AIRBUS A310 Cockpit: ladybird.beauty/airbus-a310-c...
by Adybird Beauty
Flight 311 - Crash Animation: • Thai Airways Internati...
Flight 140 - Crash Animation: • China Airlines Flight ...
Flight 587 - Crash Animation: • American Airlines Flig...
Flight 655 - Crash Animation: • Iran Air Flight 655 - ...
by Plane'n Boom
The Assault: • The Assault Official T...
by Rotten Tomatoes
Air Airbus A300-600 Takeoff: • Classic Iran Air Airbu...
by AviationUpclose
FedEx Airbus A300 Takeoff: • FedEx Airbus A300 Takeoff
by TheHDAviation
Airbus A300-600R Cockpit: • A Day on Iran Air Airb...
by Mehrad Watson
A300-600 Crash: www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash...
by Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
Boeing Cockpits: www.aviationpros.com/aircraft...
by Aviation Pros
Airbus A320 - final assembly line: • Airbus A320 - final as...
by MechDesignTV
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[@b8ffcx]

airbus and boeing may be competitors, but we all have one thing in common, love for aviation!

[@Flatlife]

Couldn't agree more. Different brands, same love for soaring the skies!

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Hello

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[@erich930]

Boeing did not enjoy a monopoly before Airbus. It had very serious competition from Douglas/McDonnel Douglas and Lockheed. In fact, before the 707, Boeing's prop-liners were relatively unpopular, with airlines preferring the DC-6/7 and Lockheed Constellation over the Boeing 307 or 377 as demonstrated by the large disparity in number of airplanes built. Boeing gained ground with the 707, but Douglas built a similar number of DC-8s.

[@bcfuerst]

But the Americans had a near monopoly because they had such a large domestic market.

[@gergister]

"Boeing did not enjoy a monopoly before Airbus." - well they do not enjoy it now either!

[@winboyevardone5801]

Finally after sometime we have now got a new videos! Thanks flatlife for keeping us interested in history of companies!

[@Flatlife]

This was a massive project, and your continued support made it all worth it. Thank you!

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OMG! I was literally dreaming about you uploading the history Airbus soon! And you did!! I can predict the future? nice video!

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I also was thinking of that too!

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Same!! We came from the boeing video

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@@SimplyAnAxolotl.officiali thought you said you came from boring video 💀

[@Flatlife]

It's like your dreams and our content are in sync! Thanks for your warm words, and I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the video!

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After a few years of waiting, the Evolution of Airbus is finally here!!!

[@Flatlife]

We worked hard on this one and hope it's worth every moment you waited!

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@@Flatlife I appreciate your hard work!! 💯🙏🏾

[@Jason67mh]

Boeing and Airbus are 2 of my favorite plane companies :) Cause why fight over which plane company is best when both of them are good

[@Flatlife]

Boeing vs. Airbus? It's like arguing if Batman or Superman is cooler. Both can fly, and both are super! ;)

[@JFK_JFK_]

Bombadier: Embraer:

[@bluestorm9977]

Aircraft that I have flown in my life: Boeing: 737, 747, 767, 777, 787 Airbus: A320 Family, A330, A340, A380 They're both good. I enjoyed my flights on the stated models, and I view the entire "Boeing vs Airbus" argument as entirely stupid. There are some features that makes Boeing better than Airbus, and vice versa. A more detailed list on the aircraft that I have flown on: 737 - Southwest Airlines 747 - Philippine Airlines 767, 787 - Japan Airlines 777 - Korean Air A320 Family - Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific A330, A380 - Korean Air I know that some people might accuse me of lying, but what other way can I think of to prove that I am not lying other than just typing: "I swear I'm not lying?"

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There are many channels that make videos in such a style, but none come close to Flatlife. Thank you for keeping us interested in history in a fun and creative way!

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Great series. It would be amazing to see Embraer history in some of the future videos. Keep up the good work 💪

[@Useroon]

Who agrees that the a310/300 looks great

[@joshuascarfe5656]

Yep! I fly the A310 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020!

[@Pilot-2020]

@@joshuascarfe5656 same, wonderful plane, a bit unfortunate that they didn't add the -200 variant as well

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I agree

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Me

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I love how he takes his time and work into making these awesome videos. Keep up the great work.❤

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Would be wonderful though if he could, for example, learn how to pronounce Aerospatiale…

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It's wonderful to hear that! Thank you for the love!

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LETS GOOO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG THANK YOU!! Jeez waitin for a Airbus video is long, isn’t it?

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[@Titot182]

The best feature on the A310 that isn't talked about very often is the Cockpit Kindergarten. It was only used once in 1994 and didn't prove to be successful. I was quite happy with the seatback entertainment on my Emirates A310 back in Dec 1994.

[@beni5149]

What was this?

[@Titot182]

@@beni5149 Kudrinski Jr had a go at the controls on Aeroflot 593 and subsequently brought a few of the autopilot parameters into manual control. Needless to say, he turned the flight into a aeroplane's version of X2 at 6 flags magic mountain and made a right hash of things. They could have recovered the dive, but altitude was against them. Admittedly, FS2020 with the A310 model wasn't available during tha time as I think MSFS was only at version 3.0 or 4.0. Point is, kid in the cockpit sat in your father's left hand seat will always spell disaster. Spasiba

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Finally An Airbus Series! been waiting for over a year for this!

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Appreciate that bro! Your support drives us to create more quality content!

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Another Inspiring Adventures and a Great Story ☺️

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Glad you enjoyed it! We aim to bring more inspiring adventures your way!

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Awesome! We're excited to have fellow aviation enthusiasts aboard ;)

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Finaly,i already liked the boing Evolution but since my father works for airbus in north germany so this is even better and this video was a blast! Continue with the great Videos ❤

[@LukianShevHahaYes]

12:40 you forgot to add Aeroflot Flight 593. It was also an A310-300, that crashed into a mountain near Mezhdurechensk. Aeroflot flight 593 was a scheduled flight from Moscow to Kong-Hong. On the altitude of 33 100 feet or 10 300 meters Kudrinsky let his kids control the aircraft. He first let his daughter named Yana (12-13 years old) take a captain seat and turn the yoke to the left then to the right. He made an illusion like she is controlling the aircraft, but in reality he was changing the heading. Then he let his son Eldar (15 years old) take a captain seat and also turn the yoke to the left then to the right. Eldar made heading autopilot disconnect, which made the aircraft bank slowly to the right. When crew noticed it, it was too late.

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Kong-hong?

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Oh nevermind

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Thank you so much! It's viewers like you that keep us inspired and motivated :)

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Really appreciate that. We aim to make our content both engaging and informative :)

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They are better than documentaries

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It’s insane that all these planes came from a small propeller plane made by the wright brothers

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Finally, an Airbus episode!!

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Airbus fan here

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That was a good vid! Can’t wait for pt2

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[@maltheartist_aviation]

fun fact: airbus hosted a livery contest for its newest aircraft, the a350f, and you probably already know how that went. one even had to be deleted because the whole livery was.. just look it up.

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What was it

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@@flyingpizza7486 correct

[@Pilot-2020]

18:48 that information is incorrect, the Concorde was actually the first commercial airliner to feature a flybywire control system

[@Bonazest9169]

A320 was only the first to introduce Digital fly-by-wire

[@ethandevilla9164]

Honestly,I am an Boeing and Airbus fan,but I like Airbus more. Thanks for making this video! If you did hard work for this video,I hope you do hard work on Airbus Part 2.

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ive been waiting so long for this

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Petition for part 2 👇

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Yeah

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[@Flatlife]

We're on it! The next episode, Part 2, will be out next week!

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Been waiting for this for so long.

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[@happyslappy5203]

"still hurting from the failure of Concorde the British withdrew from the project.." Totally wrong. Concorde's first flight: 2 March 1969. The British left the A300 project in April 1969, The NYT: « Britain Abandons the European Airbus Project; Believes Building the Plane Is a Losing Proposition. » When it emerged that RR would not be supplying the A300 engines the British government’s anti-Airbus stance grew. But the real reason why Brits left Airbus was BAC was then working on the BAC 3-11, secretly seen by the Brits as the "A300 killer".. Th 3-11 was a wide-body airliner, in a similar class of size, weight, and range, to the Airbus design. During 1969 and 1970, the British government-owned airline BEA expressed willingness to operate the Three-Eleven. In addition to BEA, several other airlines declared their support for the Three-Eleven proposal, but no orders were placed: the design had not been finalised and the programme itself has not been actually launched… In 1971, BAC decided to abandon the 3-11. By the mid-70s, the Airbus A300 design had been finalised and had attracted modest but sufficient orders. And today Airbus is world leader, thanks to the French and Germans...

[@mitchlza]

Was waiting for airbus😂 Enjoyed the Boeing video, but I think Airbus is just better in general. Boeing cockpits look really outdated, while Airbus cockpits are sexy as hell!

[@thacheesedoodle]

I can agree with the 737 because its a 70 year old plane but not the 15 year old 787 Dreamliner. But no one can say that the sidestick is better than the yoke!

[@mitchlza]

@blue.turtle I gotta disagree with you on that one. The yoke is designed for both hands. For takeoff and landing you have one hand on the yoke and one on the throttle. That would make controlling the aircraft harder. With a side stick, there's an arm rest specifically designed to rest your arm while controlling the plane, while you can monitor the throttle with the other hand. Sidestick seems to give more accurate control, and is more comfortable. If rather sit for hours using a sidestick rather than holding my arms out with a yoke. This comment got way too long, and I'm not even sure if it makes sense. I'm not a pilot and definitely haven't flown a boeing or airbus. I'm just a kid who likes planes.

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Sick vid been waiting for since the bossing vid for this

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[@flyingpizza7486]

Another problem, you compare the A310 with the B737. They are not designed for the same purpose, a fitting comparison for the A310 would be the B767.

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As a Boeing Fan, This is still a dub for me

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Ahh Yes...Finally after 1 year we have evolution of airbus!! Thanks Flatlife! :)

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We aim to make the wait worthwhile!

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I called it, this was bound to come. The Boeing series was awesome and I’ve been waiting for over a year now! Let’s goooooo

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No offense but i don't really like airbus

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I'm excited for the next part!❤

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Thanks for the enthusiasm! We're working on it and can't wait to share with you ❤

[@Thelandingchannel]

Can you make a part three of the Microsoft Flight Simulator video ? -A plane lover

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FINALLY AN AIRBUS ONE i was waiting for this for so long!!

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Im been waiting for this get episode 2 asap

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He finally made it! Thanks Flatlife!

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Finally, it’s here I was hoping this would come out for a while.

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thx for the video!

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finally after a deep request the real Airbus fans can't even go without liking. Waiting for part 2 and 3👍👍👍👍

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Interesting how the A300-600 starts resembles is successor, the younger A330. Great video! Very entertaining and educational.

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WE FINALLY GOT AIRBUS I WAS WATCHING TURBOPROP FLIGHT SIMULATOR UNTIL I NOTICED THIS. VERY COOL! (when i started watching it was 17 mins ago)

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