It was certified along with the A340-200 on 22 December 1992 and both versions entered service in March 1993 with launch customers Lufthansa and Air France. In June 1987, Airbus launched both designs with their first orders and the A340-300 took its maiden flight on 25 October 1991. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quad jet in parallel with the A330 twin jet. The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger jet airliner that was developed and produced by the European aerospace company Airbus. Knowing this doesn’t make is less interesting to check out the modelled JARDesign A340-500 Airliner. There are still a lot of differences that makes this A345 unique. The cockpit layout of both the A330 and A340 due to the DUs makes it easy to change from an A330 to an A340 as well as it is for real pilots, and of course, it’s not just that. With the previous paragraph in mind, it was for JARDesign a logical step with the already available A330 knowledge, to add to their success story the A340. For example the aircraft AC and DC systems are more or less the same even though the A340 has 4 IDGs (Integrated Driven Generator) that provide the AC power which is basically a CSD (Constant Speed Drive) and AC generator build in one housing. Basically identical aircraft except that the A330 has two engines while the A340 has four engines, but besides the amount of engines, other systems where very similar or identical. With the initial development and work on the A340, the Airbus Group developed parallel to the A340 the A330 Series. In an environment where the fuel price where high, the A340 has had no chance to compete against similar twin engines, and the current lease rates and values of this aircraft reflect the deep resistance of any airlines to continue operating it. The decision to terminate the program came as A340-500/600 orders came to a halt, with an analyst pointing out that the A340 “was too heavy and there was a big fuel burn gap with the Boeing’s 777”. Actually, on November 10th 2011, Airbus announced the end of the A340 program. Airbus Industries – later renamed to EADS and in 2014 to Airbus Group – doesn’t build anymore the A340 aircraft. For now, this review deals with the JD340-500 Airliner version 1.2.īefore Angelique can start with this review, she would like to offer some background information about the real A340-500, but first this. To be precise the maximum ultra-long range of the -500 is 16670 kilometers or 9000 nm.Īnyway, JARDesign is the first well known X-Plane developer that releases their JD340-500 Airliner while later this year, ToLiss releases their Airbus A340-600. And yes, the A340-600 is longer, but the overall range is less then the -500. Although the A340-200 and -300 was a great aircraft, it had it’s limitations, but that all changed with the making of the A340-500 and the even longer A340-600. The real Airbus A340 aircraft aren’t really new, actually, it all started many years ago with the A340-200 that was equipped with CFM engines. Your personal reporter and long time reviewer Angelique van Campen welcomes you onboard the latest JAR flag ship, the JD340-500 Airliner. – Descent, Approach, Final Approach and Landing – Enter MCDU SID (Standard Instrument Departure) – MCDU, Equipment, Engine Start, Pushback and Taxi – Differences JD340-500 Airliner versus JD330
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