Behind-the-Scenes of an Airbus A350 being built! Thanks to the folks at Airbus for bringing me to France, Germany, & the UK to visit their headquarters and facilities and see so much incredible...
========== Airplanesare essentially pressurized cylinders zooming through the air 10 km above the ground.They take us to work and on vacation, bring us to familyand in general move us from point A to point B faster than any other publicly available transport on earth.Here's how a modern commercial jet aircraft is made:So, it's a beautiful fall morningand I am getting ready to goget on an airplaneto go to france to learn about airplanes.I flew to europe to visit the factories, research and design facilities of AIRBUSbecause they wanted to give me and you a behind the scenes look at their newest airplane, the A350.Here it is!But before the first flight happens,even long before the first rivet is set,a team of thousands of engineers and designers spend years devel...