Editing Fly-by-wire (section)

=== Applications ===

[[File:F-BUAD A300B2-C1 Airbus Industry(3rd prototype) Farnborough SEP86 (12609347665).jpg|thumb|[[Airbus]] trialed fly-by-wire on an [[Airbus A300|A300]] registration F-BUAD as shown in 1986, then produced the [[Airbus A320|A320]].]]

* [[Concorde]] was the first production fly-by-wire aircraft with analog control.
* The [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16]] was the first production aircraft to use digital fly-by-wire controls.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-06-01|title=Computers Take Flight|url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/182985main_DFBW_rev1.pdf|access-date=2024-06-10|website=NASA|language=en-US}}</ref>
* The [[Space Shuttle orbiter]] had an all-digital fly-by-wire control system. This system was first exercised (as the only flight control system) during the [[glider aircraft|glider unpowered-flight]] "Approach and Landing Tests" that began with the Space Shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' during 1977.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1975-08-01|title=Space Shuttle Flight Control System|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474667017674822|journal=IFAC Proceedings Volumes|language=en|volume=8|issue=1|pages=302–310|doi=10.1016/S1474-6670(17)67482-2|issn=1474-6670|last1=Klinar|first1=Walter J.|last2=Saldana|first2=Rudolph L.|last3=Kubiak|first3=Edward T.|last4=Smith|first4=Emery E.|last5=Peters|first5=William H.|last6=Stegall|first6=Hansel W.}}</ref>
* Launched into production during 1984, the Airbus Industries [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] became the first airliner to fly with an all-digital fly-by-wire control system.<ref name="civilavionics">{{cite book |author1=Ian Moir |author2=Allan G. Seabridge |author3=Malcolm Jukes |title=Civil Avionics Systems |publisher=Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd. |location=London ([[iMechE]]) |year=2003|isbn=1-86058-342-3}}</ref>
* With its launch in 1993 the [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III]] became the first fly-by-wire military transport aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=C-17 Globemaster III Archives |url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/weapons-platforms/c-17/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Air & Space Forces Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2005, the [[Dassault Falcon 7X]] became the first [[business jet]] with fly-by-wire controls.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/pilot-report-falcon-7x-fly-wire-control-system |title= Pilot Report on Falcon 7X Fly-By-Wire Control System |date= 3 May 2010 |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}</ref>
* A fully digital fly-by-wire without a closed feedback loop was integrated in 2002 in the [[Embraer E-Jet family|first generation Embraer E-Jet family]]. By closing the loop (feedback), the [[Embraer E-Jet E2 family|second generation Embraer E-Jet family]] gained a 1.5% efficiency improvement in 2016.<ref name="AWSTEmbraerE2CertificationTestsSetToAccelerate"/>