Airbus or Boeing

[typhoonpilot]

Put the Airbus magic in the Boeings and you will have a great aircraft...

One word, 777. However, it is the magic with the Boeing philosophy of keeping the pilot in the loop. So it is even better than your idea.

TP

 

[Old School 737]

If you look at just performance numbers the Next Gen 737 -800 is a far better performer then the A320. It goes higher, goes a little faster, burns less gas, lifts more weight and goes farther.

 

[D-Bo]

If you look at just performance numbers the Next Gen 737 -800 is a far better performer then the A320. It goes higher, goes a little faster, burns less gas, lifts more weight and goes farther.

I would hope so seeing as how it was designed more than a decade after the A320 was designed. Even with that in mind it doesn't beat it by much.

D-Bo

 

[Pugh]

I would hope so seeing as how it was designed more than a decade after the A320 was designed. Even with that in mind it doesn't beat it by much.

D-Bo

Considering the fact that the 737 is as old as it is, I think it deserves credit for still being competitive after all these years.

 

[Old School 737]

I would hope so seeing as how it was designed more than a decade after the A320 was designed. Even with that in mind it doesn't beat it by much.

D-Bo

If you want to say that about the the 737 OK but the same is true with the 757 and the A321. The 757 came out in 1983 or 84 if I am correct and the A321 years later and there is no way a 321 will stand up to a 757. Ever!

 

[D-Bo]

Considering the fact that the 737 is as old as it is, I think it deserves credit for still being competitive after all these years.

No doubt. I never said I didn't like the 73. I flew it for a few years and loved it. I just think that the Bus has advantages over the 73. Just pointing those out. The 73 has some advantages over the Bus but there are more than enough people willing to tell that side of it. Just offering some balance. My last reply was
referring to the performance numbers of the NG 737s v the Airbus.

D-Bo

 

[capt. megadeth]

The gear handle looks and feels like a lolly pop sticking out of the panel, the reverse thrust levers feel like two small plastic tabs you pull to pop open a can of soda. .

I like it like that. The cockpit has a very "clean" look without crap sticking out everywhere. Roomy too.

 

[D-Bo]

If you want to say that about the the 737 OK but the same is true with the 757 and the A321. The 757 came out in 1983 or 84 if I am correct and the A321 years later and there is no way a 321 will stand up to a 757. Ever!

Not quite. Your analogy isn't apples to apples. The 321 is just a stretched 320. The 737NG is more than just a larger 737-300. It was designed from scratch with a new wing having it's mission to be to outperform the 320 family before the first piece was ever assembled. All Airbus did was add a plug to a 320 for the 321. It's just like the 737-400 was a poorer performer than the -300. The 737NG was designed to be a competitor to the 320 family. The 321 wasn't designed from scratch wit a purpose of beeing a better performer than the 757. Sure they intended to steal orders away from Boeing but it wasn't conceived from scratch with it's mission being to out do the 757. If they wanted to build an aircraft from scratch to out do the 757 I'm sure they could.

By the way the 757 was my favorite airplane until the 777 was built. I'm a Boeing fan but Busses aren't trash.

D-Bo

 

[Old School 737]

As you can tell I am a Boeing fan but I would never said the Bus is trash. I hate to say it but riding in the back of the Bus, at least the narrow body, is nicer than the Boeing. I don't know how the widbody compares as I have never been on a wide Bus.

 

[Midnight Flyer]

Airbus Vs Boeing? In another few years it's going to be ERJ Vs CRJ...

Then in a few years when the erj's and crj's are being parted out it's going to be boeing Vs Douglass again

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

It's kinda hard for me to compare, since I've experience on early generation Boeing (727,737) and early glass Airbus (300), but I can say both Boeing and Airbus are a joy to fly!

 

[aa73]

That's forked up. Never heard of that one happening. I know I may have sounded like a Bus salesman in this thread but in that situation you can look at it like this. In alternate law you still had more protections than you did in the 80 or the 73. Again, the protections shouldn't come into play as long as the airplane is operated in it's flight envelope but even with the failure you got you were still fine in alternate law.

I admit I haven't been on the Bus long enough to get a lot of the computer glitches you have seen. Maybe my opinion will change a year from now.

D-Bo

Sounds like you need a Law degree to fly the Bus!!

You can't beat the simplicity of the flight control system on the 80 - it's all manual reversion, all of the time (except for the power rudder.) Course, that's why it handles like a dump truck perched on top of a bowling ball.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Sounds like you need a Law degree to fly the Bus!!

I think you are confusing that with flying for the Air Force

 

[aa73]

I think you are confusing that with flying for the Air Force

I wouldn't know... the Air Force actually calls that "flying"?

"Alternate law"... can't Airbus stick to flying basics? What does that mean anyway?

Enjoying the "LRD" displays on the 80 (little round dials),
73