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Airbus Readies Short-field Mod for A320neo
A team at Airbus’s plant in Filton, UK, has designed, built and tested a package of aerodynamic improvements for the A320neo meant to increase wing lift at low speeds, the company recently revealed. The option, dubbed “SHARP” (SHort AiRfield Package), enhances takeoff and landing performance for operations on short runways. A key component of the package—a Kevlar composite panel modification to the wing’s ‘Root Fillet Fairing’—allows for the improved landing performance. Airbus said the impetus… (www.ainonline.com) Plus d'info...
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Well, short field or not, I have never been one to walk away from a challenge but 4600' is a tad short with anything but a small prop.
Didn't SWA do it in a B737?
Don't you know that was an Oh S*** moment. LOL
AA flies the bus now into Cap Haitien, 4900 ft. and displaced if I remember correctly...
Nothing new here, except it is being fitted on the 320NEO. Such operations are routinely done at Santos Dumont with short-field-package-enhanced 737s and 320s.
