Airbus was the first commercial airliner manufacturer to introduce full authority fly-by-wire into its aircraft.  The A320 was the first with the A330/A340 following it.  Airbus aircraft use a sidestick controller which resembles a computer game joystick to control its aircraft instead of a “yoke”.

Can you name the next commercial airliner manufacturer to introduce fly-by-wire technology?

It was Boeing with its Boeing 777 airliner.  Just because it uses a “yoke” for piloting instead of a sidestick controller doesn’t mean it isn’t fly by wire.

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