AERONAUTICS/PROPULSION

In April 1985, when Jean Pierson took the reins at Airbus Industrie, the European consortium had obtained orders for no more than 420 commercial transports over 15 years. Today, Airbus has sold more than 2,700 aircraft and delivered 1,700 to 143 operators. And it has a healthy 1,000-aircraft-plus...

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