Airbus A380.....

Originally Posted by Ralf S.

I voted "Ecological disaster and I seem to be in a minority.

That's eco-friendly.... lugging a ton of weights and water for shower cubicles half way round the world and back! How much fuel is that going to burn every year?

And while it's a nice idea that 380s will "take the place of 2 planes" in reality it will take the place of 1 plane... probably a 747. Sure, seats may be cheaper (it won't be twice as expensive per seat to run) but in environmental terms we're running a bigger plane, maybe less full, instead of a smaller one.

And sooner of later one of those f**kers is going to come down on a major city somewhere.

I can't help thinking aviation is going the same way as road building did in the 80's... may it bigger = less congestion. The M25 only proved that "if you build it, they will come"... so more cheap seats = more flyers. We'll be incereasing the gross tonnage being lifted around the planet every day.

Dunno about any of you fellas but when I arrive in some airports the queue for baggage and immigration control takes longer than the flight to get there. Dunno how Jo'burg are going to cope when one of those buggers arrives.. SAA and BA schedule their arrivals within 20 minutes most mornings.. the 800 people from the 380 will be queued out onto the runway when the second one arrives. God knows where the luggage will be piled up.

The world is slowly going stark raving mad dudes...


Ralf S.

I'm sure there is a good answer for all your questions. Can't help thinking that if your way of reasoning ruled the earth we would all still be stuck pre-wheel era, and living in caves.

Working links to A380 Video:

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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=a380

Originally Posted by Will

What is healthy, however is the competition provided by Airbus thereby stopping Boeing having a complete monoploy in passenger aircraft.

On the news a few weeks ago, Boeing still had more orders for planes than AirBus last year.

Originally Posted by Cheradnine

You're right

Wasnt the SR72 the commonly used name for the 2 seater trainer, even though they called it the 71A


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird

Picture I took at Farnborough...

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As for Big Planes although it is a freighter and not a carcass hauler, definitely a beauty.

AN-225 Official Page

Airliners.net

Its Little Brother AN-124 Can only take 124 tonnes

Wikipedia

Load Door

Piggy Back the Shuttle

More Piggy Backs

Big Planes

If you still like the 380

Inside the 380

That never was MD-12


Common in South Africa (A little off topic)

So What fell out the sky last year?

Thanks for the pics Gilbert

will be able to carry more passengers so less planes in the air!

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Airbus won its first customer for the `Flying Palace', the private version of the A380 super jumbo aircraft.

Airbus signed a letter of intent for one plane, which sells for about $300 million, with an unidentified customer based in the Middle East, the report said. The customer is a head of state.

The Flying Palace will cost an additional $150 million for facilities such as two dining areas, a bedroom of more than 50 square meters, game room, lounge, whirlpool tub, and possibly a missile defense system.
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The A380 has now made its 1,000th flight for Singapore Airlines, who has 5 in its fleet at the moment.