Congrats to the A320

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iheart707
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Congrats to the A320

Post by iheart707 » 25 Jun 2010, 16:32

8-) It's done alot, and is expected to produce the same great results in the future as well! Congrats!

Read the article here....
http://chicagoflightsfsx.com/modules.ph ... =0&thold=0

flightsimer
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Re: Congrats to the A320

Post by flightsimer » 25 Jun 2010, 17:40

i doubt one takes off every 6 seconds (yes i know that figure also includes landings).

Derek Mayer
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Re: Congrats to the A320

Post by Derek Mayer » 25 Jun 2010, 20:18

Actually it doesn't contain landings. I've done a little math and I believe it.

According to the Airbus site, 4218 A320-series airframes are in operation. Let's say each one of those aircraft does 4 takeoffs a day (rough number, most airlines do more, but then not every airframe flies every day so I think it's reasonable).

4218x4 = 16872 takeoffs a day.
60x60x24 = 86400 seconds in a day.
86400/16872 = 5.12 seconds between takeoffs.

Regardless of whether my numbers are accurate, it shows the figure is definitely in the ballpark.

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