Airbus A330

Pilot successfully lands an Airbus A330 in Antarctica for the first time ever in amazing accomplishment

Hi Fly Malta has made aviation history with the first-ever Antarctica landing of an Airbus A330, touching down on the icy Wolf’s Fang airfield. The milestone flight followed a five-and-a-half-hour journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Queen Maud Land on December 1. This is a big deal considering just how dangerous the conditions can […]

Man finds out if a plane with massive speedbrakes on it can land anywhere

In a bid to see if the biggest planes in the world can operate without massive runways, this man modified an Airbus A330 beyond belief, starting with the most ludicrous set of speedbrakes ever. Planes are inherently designed to be as aerodynamic as possible. With the goal of burning less fuel and cutting through the […]

An Airbus A330 looks suspended in the sky, a rare moment where airspeed outpaces ground speed in high-alpha flight

An Airbus airliner isn’t normally seen pulling a high-alpha maneuver

One of the most fascinating aviation moments ever as Airbus A330 appears to hover like an illusion in the sky

It doesn’t look real

Found footage shows A330 performing stunning high-alpha maneuver into a headwind at Farnborough 1994

Have you ever seen an A330 perform a high-alpha manoeuvre into a headwind? Believe us, an aircraft of this size managed it – and the somewhat unsettling video is now here to prove it. It is thanks to a Reddit video that this footage has now been unearthed from Farnborough in 1994. And the end […]