Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Many moons ago, not long after the Airbus crash at that airshow, where instead of a touch and go, they ploughed into trees beyond the runway, and following a documentary about the crash involving supposedly unresponsive elevators; Mrs Uplinker and I vowed never to set foot on an Airbus.
Fast forward 13 years and I am now a pilot, doing a type rating on the A320. Learning about the FBW and other systems, I realise what a well designed and well engineered machine it is. and that the test pilots who crashed that Airbus had not done their class room studies very diligently.
If you mean the Habsheim crash, the the flyby was performed by two Air France training captains rather than test pilots (with 130 charter passengers on board).