Elegant New Narrowbody

It was a great surprise to see an Airbus design proposal for its next narrow-body airplane that has the elegance of DC-9/MD-80 wings but not as nice a fuselage (AW&ST May 4, p. 37). I only hope Airbus can build such a good airplane. I was lucky to work as a consultant to two Mexican airlines, one...

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