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airbus
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n. a European commercial aircraft manufacturer
WordNet
n. a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
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Airbus SAS is a division of the multinational Airbus Group SE that manufactures civil aircraft. It is based in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse, with production and manufacturing facilities mainly in France, Germany, Spain, China, United Kingdom and the United States. The company employs 73,958.
Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers, Airbus Industrie. Consolidation of European defence and aerospace companies in 1999 and 2000 allowed the establishment of a simplified joint-stock company in 2001, owned by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006.
Airbus employs around 73,000 people at sixteen sites in four countries: France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Final assembly production is based at Toulouse, France; Hamburg, Germany; Seville, Spain; and, since 2009 as a joint-venture, Tianjin, China. Airbus has subsidiaries in the United States, Japan and India.
The company produces and markets the first commercially viable digital fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320, and the world's largest passenger airliner, the A380.
Airbus was a rock band from Portishead, near the city of Bristol in the UK. A group of friends who attended Gordano School formed the band in 1987 under the name of Carrion, soon changing the name to Airbus.
The original line-up was Nick Davidge (guitar and vocals), James Childs (guitar and vocals), Simon Hedges (bass) and Chris Fielden (drums). This line-up remained consistent until 2000. Late in 2000, Simon left the band and was replaced by Oliver Morris. Oli did one tour with Airbus and was then replaced by Sargon Dooman.
In 1993, after the release of the single Inertia which sold well in Bristol record shops, Airbus won ITVs prestigious First Cut competition. This was broadcast on the television and the filmed live performances gave the band a lot of exposure in the South West of England. The £5,000 cash prize allowed the band to invest in recording equipment and set up their own recording studio. In 1993, Airbus were approached by Geoff Barrow of the band Portishead and asked to record a B-Side for their first single, Sour Times. The band members had been friends with Geoff since school. He gave them a tape with a click track on it and Beth Gibbons’ vocal, refusing to play them the full song until they’d written and recorded the music. The Airbus Reconstruction was released as a B-Side on a British CD release of Sour Times, gaining Airbus more good exposure.
Between 1993 and 1997, Airbus worked hard touring and improving their studio recordings, which were self-produced. This culminated in the recording of the EP Gravity which was released on the band’s own record label, Spira Records. The EP generated a lot of interest from independent and major record labels and Airbus signed a contract with BMG Music Publishing (now part of the Universal Music Publishing Group) in 1997.
The advance they received from BMG allowed them to improve their recording equipment and, after more touring (including playing the New Bands Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 1999), they set about recording the album Ghosts. The album was released in 2000 and an extensive UK tour followed.
In 2002 Airbus disbanded so the members could pursue their own personal projects. Nick Davidge and James Childs both settled in Los Angeles. Nick works in a creative agency and James plays in a variety of bands and regularly tours all over the world. Simon Hedges now works in television production in the UK. Chris Fielden works at a digital marketing agency in Bristol, UK and, through writing fiction, runs a popular writing blog. Nick, James and Chris still record together on occasion, working on old and new Airbus material that is made available on iTunes.
Usage examples of "airbus".
The Airbus A330 and the Boeing 777 are almost identical in length and wingspan, but the Airbus has winglets, and the end of the fuselage on the 777 looks like a flathead screwdriver.
The Airbus A320 has tiny up-and-down winglets at the end of its wings, and the end of the fuselage extends out longer behind the tailfin than in the Boeing airplanes.
Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as several Airbus models that have almost identical cockpits.
But although an Airbus jet pilot cannot override these limitations, a Boeing 777 pilot can in an emergency.
Boeing or Airbus may or may not install these items for the airline, depending on the contract.
Today, much of the tail assembly on the Boeing 777 and parts of the wings and tail on some Airbus aircraft are made from composites.
However, Airbus does use a different delivery system to move parts around.
Boeing and Airbus are hard at work shaping the future of commercial flight.
Phil looked to the south in time to catch a glimpse of a departing Airbus A-340.
Virgin Airbus A-340 cruised past the halfway point at thirty-seven thousand feet on the way from Boston to London.
Trever in on the background as they took an airbus fifty levels clown to the facility.
A second mission attempt was being made by Airbus Iterspatiale, formed from the French Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale, British Aerospace, the Spanish Construcciones Aeronauticas S.
The Airbus crew would rescue them, maybe, getting the glory and the 30 billion dollars.
The laconic way Piotr told the Airbus people that they would not be needing a ride home after all .
He put together a sequence of five burns that took them into a long, elliptical matching orbit with the Airbus tanks.