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A380...she's almost ready...

What is that??
the replacement for the aging 747?? :)

No,

Its Airbus's mega jumbo. Large than a 747 in pax number terms etc. And so it will be a competitor.

Max up to 900 or so (!).

That's the first flying airframe being prepared for a March rollout.

It is already painted in Airbus's new in-house colours.

My guess is an Airbus.

My big question is how in the world are they going to get all those people out of the plane in the required time in the event of an accident???

May be a nice jet but I do not really want to be cooped up in anything for 18 hours on a non-stop flight, especially in "sardine" config...

JoeA

Airbus is the European, multi-state-sponsored competitor to Boeing.

The Final assembly is done in Toulouse, France.

Aurel

Joe,

There three emergency exits/doors per side per level....plus some damn long slides.

Agreed on the sadines.

Aurel,

Final assembly of the big Airbuses is at Toulouse, the small ones (A318- A321) are assembled in Germany.

This plane and others like it comming soon are a result of the "hub" system being maintained.

NASA is in charge of our hub system and saw problems with it long ago, some of them you guys have already mentioned. Anyway here is a good book on that topic.

Free Flight: James Fallows's Vision of General Aviation's Future
http://www.avweb.com/news/reviews/181837-1.html

This is one of the small planes which might be the better alternative to the super planes.

http://www.eclipseaviation.com/

I bet it is more comfortable than this with wife and two kids and a weeks worth of camping gear for 3 1/2 hrs on a hot day!!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1105381970.jpg

Possibly so Tim,

But it ain't really flying....

I'd take a ride in Tims bird over the A380 anyday!

That has an ugly line. Bring back the 707!

It is fun for about a half hour, then it gets boring and slow (125 mph). I wish I could afford a twin, but then I would need a bigger twin, then I would need a turbo twin, then I would need... etc etc..

Airspeed is like money and horsepower you always want more!!

When I said ugly, I meant the A380...

A380: Kills more per crash or your money back!!!

Thats a big ass plane!!

Quote:

Originally posted by gaijindabe
That has an ugly line. Bring back the 707!

You think that's ugly?!?!

Just wait until you lay your eyes on the Large Cargo Freighter I'm working on right now. Picture chopping the top and tail off of a 747 and adding a huge bonnett. Reattach the tail with a couple of gigantic hinges and call it good...the plane will be used to fly 7E7 fuselage sections around the globe.

It's not ugly...it's fugly!:cool:

Big can be beautiful.

http://www.twitt.org/BWBBowers.html
The Blended Wing Body (BWB) is being considered as the next generation commercial airliner. The trend is towards larger aircraft that can carry more people, economically while reducing the number of operations from airports.

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/X-Press/2000/Nov30/roundart4.html

http://aero.stanford.edu/BWBProject.html

http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/BWB.html

http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/bwb1.jpg

how does one land something that big? I mean, the laws of physics must be obeyed right? How does it get off the ground?

Well ugly or not, it has quite good economies of scale -> low prices per pax -> more income for carriers. Plus it fits the 747 box.

They don't care much about the looks, they want as much $$ per pax as possible. I find it quite cool. 747 was bound to be replaced some day.

Quote:

Originally posted by gaijindabe
That has an ugly line. Bring back the 707!

I remember how loud and dirty those things were... Good riddance

From the BBC:-

Photographs of the first full-sized version of the giant new Airbus A380 airliner have been released.
The pictures show a pre-production model of the aeroplane being moved to a new hangar in France. Final versions will carry 555 people.

The A380 is being assembled at Airbus's base in Toulouse, but its wings are being made at sites in Bristol and Broughton, North Wales.

The aircraft pictured will be used in tests due to begin next year.

Airbus has already secured 129 orders for the double-decker aircraft with 11 airlines, including Qantas, Lufthansa, Air France and Virgin Atlantic.

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The first A380 is due to enter service in 2006.

The A380 has wider seats, more legroom and 50% more floor space than its nearest competitor, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

It also has a 9,000 miles (14,500km) flight range. Some versions could also include a gym or casino.

Sections of the aircraft are manufactured in Germany and Spain, as well as France and the UK.

A380 SPECIFICATION

Length: 73m
Wingspan: 79.8m
Height: 24.1m
Typical capacity: 555
Max capacity: 840
Engines: 4
Cruising speed: Mach 0.85

The pictures have been released ahead of next week's Farnborough Air Show, where Airbus and its American rival Boeing could make announcements about aircraft orders.

Boeing pulled out of the race to build the world's biggest airliner in 2001, saying the market for very large aircraft was smaller than Airbus believed.

It has come up with the 7E7 Dreamliner, a smaller aircraft with a similar range to the A380.

how does one land something that big? I mean, the laws of physics must be obeyed right? How does it get off the ground?

Mat,

They all fly the same. The larger ones actually are easier to fly.

I have a plane a lot like the one Tim shows on the first page and its more difficult to land than a Boeing B-747.

JoeA