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Tibet Airlines: The First A319 (FALC)…

 

A319…

  • The new A319 will operate from Lhasa Gongga Airport, which at 12,000 feet in altitude is one of the world’s highest t. o. It will fly the route between Lhasa and Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong in Southern China with a stop-over in Chengdu, Southwestern China.

105 Deliveries…

  • Airbus has delivered 105 Tianjin assembled A320 Family aircraft to 11 operators since the inauguration of the Final Assembly Line in 2008, which is the first Airbus final assembly line outside Europe.

The A320 Family…

  • The A320 Family (A318, A319, A320 and A321) is recognized as the benchmark single-aisle aircraft family. With more than 8, 600 aircraft sold, and over 5, 300 aircraft delivered to more than 350 customers and operators worldwide, the A320 Family is the world’s best-selling single-aisle aircraft family. With 99.8 per cent reliability and extended servicing periods, the A320 Family has the lowest operating costs of any single aisle aircraft. Uniquely, the A320 Family offers a containerized cargo system, which is compatible with the worldwide standard wide-body system.

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Imperial War Museum Duxford – One of the World’s Finest Air Museums

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During my travels in the UK in June 2012 I took a day trip from London to Cambridge, then caught a shuttle bus from the train station direct to the Imperial War Museum Duxford (the whole process could not have been easier). This is a massive museum with one of the worlds finest aviation collections from World War One to the modern-day (fighters, bombers, trainers, transports, helicopters and more). Duxford is an incredible place for an aviation buff and one that needs to absolutely be on your “aviation bucket list”!

The collection is dispersed across a massive area on this old military airbase (operational from 1918-1968), with the majority located in large hangars. The key aviation displays are AirSpace (the story of British and Commonwealth aviation), Flying Aircraft (fully restored and privately owned aircraft that fly regularly at air shows and display days), Air and Sea (aircraft, boats and submarines), Battle…

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