Airbus Built A Plane No Airline Wanted: Now Enthusiasts Are Racing To Fly It

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When designing an aircraft, you typically start out with a baseline design, like the Airbus A320-200. You can then stretch it, such as creating the A321-100, or incorporate further improvements to boost gross weights, performance, and/or fuel capacity, like with the A321-200. Alternatively, you can shrink the aircraft, either just by removing fuselage frames ahead and behind the wings, or by altering the aircraft’s structure to reduce weight and optimize it for this smaller size, like with the A319-100.

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