Designed as a short medium range narrow-body airliner to compete with the Boeing 737, the Airbus A320 was first flown on February 22nd, 1987. The A320 features side stick controllers and glass cockpit and was the world s first airliner to use use a digital fly-by-wire control system. Controversially, the software includes flight envelope protection to prevent the pilot from exceeding safe flight parameters. The highly successful design rapidly led to the development of the shortened-fuselage A318 and A319, and lengthened-fuselage A321 derivatives. More than 4,500 of the A320 family have been produced, almost all of which are still in active service.

Features:
– Scale: 1 200
– Diecast metal construction, including wings and tail surfaces
– Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details
– Pad printed markings and placards that won t fade or peel like decals
– Permanently extended metal landing gear with rolling rubber tires