Unlike other aircraft where the pilot's controls are manually attached to the flaps and rudders, Airbus 330 airliners are equipped with a "fly by wire" system that sends electronic signals from an onboard computer to move key control surfaces.

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Along the way it will also fly by zip wire from the Tyne Bridge, cross Loch Ness and visit landmarks including the Giant's Causeway and Stonehenge.

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Meanwhile at Imperial College in London, Varnavas Serhides designed a plane that has no tail by taking advantage of advanced "fly-by-wire" controls and eliminating the need for a horizontal stabilizer and vertical tail, which also reduces drag.

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We'll cut the fly-by-wire controls that lead straight back to a dashboard in Whitehall.

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He added that the aircraft would be able to continue without the fly-by-wire system.

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Fly-by-wire was quickly adopted for the second wave of Airbus aircraft in the 1980s, as well as by Boeing in the 1990s.

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It has technologies such as fly-by-wire etc.

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