Gulf Air is the launch customer of the latest IAE engine, the V2500 SelectTwo for six A321 aircraft it ordered at the Paris Air Show. The Bahrain carrier has traditionally been a CFM customer, but ...
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Paris 1973: The TU-144 breaks apart

The 1973 Paris Air Show was meant to showcase Soviet technological supremacy. Instead, the Tu-144 disintegrated in front of ...
During its Paris Air Show display, the Tu-144 attempted a dramatic maneuver that ended in catastrophe. As control systems, ...