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[[File:Gulfair.a330-200.a40-kc.arp.jpg|thumb|right|A330-200 in flight]]
Airbus aircraft designs after the [[Airbus A300|A300]]/[[Airbus A310|A310]] are almost completely controlled by fly-by-wire equipment. These newer aircraft, including the [[Airbus A320 family|A320]], [[Airbus A330|A330]], [[Airbus A340|A340]], [[Airbus A350|A350]] and [[Airbus A380|A380]] operate under Airbus flight control laws.<ref name="SmartCockpit - A330 Flight Controls">{{cite web|url=http://www.smartcockpit.com/pdf/plane/airbus/A330/systems/0010/ |title=Airbus 330 – Systems – Flight Controls |work=SmartCockpit – Airline training guides, Aviation, Operations, Safety |access-date=July 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090612084314/http://www.smartcockpit.com/pdf/plane/airbus/A330/systems/0010/ |archive-date=June 12, 2009 }}</ref> The flight controls on the Airbus A330, for example, are all electronically controlled and hydraulically activated. Some surfaces, such as the rudder, can also be mechanically controlled. In normal flight, the computers act to prevent excessive forces in pitch and roll.<ref name="SmartCockpit - A330 Flight Controls"/>[[File:
[[File:Airspeed indication system - fly by wire.png|thumb|Illustration of the air-data reference system on Airbus A330]]
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