This is some plane.
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The A380 as seen at Sydney's International Airport Yesterday.
This is some plane.
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This is some plane.
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Saw it take off over my house! Giant double decker bus on wheels!
I know one of the guys that flies them, he seems to love it.
I know one of the guys that flies them, he seems to love it.
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sharfraz wrote:why some plane?
Because it is, are you not impressed by the sheer size of it?
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zzzane wrote:Looks majestic!
... but not as majestic as the Concorde. That was the plane.
Now you are talking, but they were so small in comparison.
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i did travel on it from uk to dubai. its awsome and bloody spacy 
. best thing is the ticket costs the same as for your normal boeings. mind you it wasnt full when i was coming over ere. so whats the point of a double decker bus?
. best thing is the ticket costs the same as for your normal boeings. mind you it wasnt full when i was coming over ere. so whats the point of a double decker bus?- rudeboy
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er the A380 is made by Airbus, not Boeing! And the make of aircraft doesn't have much say in the ticket price of a flight!
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sage & onion wrote:Now you are talking, but they were so small in comparison
Does that really matter? I'm approaching a million airmiles flown and can honestly say that the Concorde trip from Heathrow to JFK was the single most exhilarating flight I've ever boarded. Everything else seems so ordinary.
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zzzane wrote:sage & onion wrote:Now you are talking, but they were so small in comparison
Does that really matter? I'm approaching a million airmiles flown and can honestly say that the Concorde trip from Heathrow to JFK was the single most exhilarating flight I've ever boarded. Everything else seems so ordinary.
On that I would agree, I made that same flight in 1987 and it was out of this world.
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I would have loved to have flown on concord, there will never be another aircraft like it, and taking it out of service has put the air industry back decades.
Such a shame.
Such a shame.
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Chocoholic wrote:er the A380 is made by Airbus, not Boeing! And the make of aircraft doesn't have much say in the ticket price of a flight!
women always get touchy about lil things
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some ppl think that flying on the A380 is expensive when it isnt. the ticket prices are roughly the same if you were flying on boeing 747 or 777 or even on the other airbuses.
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Concorde was an environmental disaster.. even though it was a majestic plane.. n a major noise pollution contributor.. ask the londonnites staying on its approach path..
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xdude wrote:Concorde was an environmental disaster.. even though it was a majestic plane.. n a major noise pollution contributor.. ask the londonnites staying on its approach path..
what noise :S its noise comes after the plane
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Well the aircraft doesn't really matter. What matters is it's capability to fly the specified route.
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Chocoholic wrote:Well the aircraft doesn't really matter. What matters is it's capability to fly the specified route.
sorry but SIZE matters
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rudeboy wrote:xdude wrote:Concorde was an environmental disaster.. even though it was a majestic plane.. n a major noise pollution contributor.. ask the londonnites staying on its approach path..
what noise :S its noise comes after the plane
True actually! Concord was only allowed to fly specific routes, because of the noise it made!
My Dad used to schedule it's routes from London, so he'd know! Neh!
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Chocoholic wrote:rudeboy wrote:xdude wrote:Concorde was an environmental disaster.. even though it was a majestic plane.. n a major noise pollution contributor.. ask the londonnites staying on its approach path..
what noise :S its noise comes after the plane
True actually! Concord was only allowed to fly specific routes, because of the noise it made!
My Dad used to schedule it's routes from London, so he'd know! Neh!
This is absolutely true, in relation to the areas where it was allowed to go supersonic.
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Which is why they were mostly transatlantic flights. Concorde was forced to decelerate and fly subsonically at Mach 0.95 between over land routes to avoid noise abatement laws.
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sage & onion wrote:The A380 as seen at Sydney's International Airport Yesterday.
This is some plane.
the big Cat
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Miss_lolly wrote:sage & onion wrote:The A380 as seen at Sydney's International Airport Yesterday.
This is some plane.
the big Cat
how old it is?
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sharfraz wrote:Miss_lolly wrote:sage & onion wrote:The A380 as seen at Sydney's International Airport Yesterday.
This is some plane.
the big Cat
how old it is?
This plane was recently delivered to Emirates, straight off the Airbus production line.
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It can't be the most recent plane delivered to EK since that's flying the DXB-LHR, LHR-DXB and DXB-JFK route. At the moment, it's at JFK. This was the last EK plane (reg # A6-EDD) delivered by Airbus on 12/30/08:
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Miss_lolly wrote:sage & onion wrote:The A380 as seen at Sydney's International Airport Yesterday.
This is some plane.
the big Cat
i wouldnt say that. before the A380 there were some huge cargo planes. not sure if they still used today. They were so huge you could fit a small private jet plane into them.
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rudeboy wrote:i wouldnt say that. before the A380 there were some huge cargo planes. not sure if they still used today. They were so huge you could fit a small private jet plane into them.
Well, the Airbus Beluga whale transporter is still used for carrying bits and pieces of the A380 to the main factory where its assembled:
The largest cargo plane, the Antonov AN225 is still in service:
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zzzane wrote:rudeboy wrote:i wouldnt say that. before the A380 there were some huge cargo planes. not sure if they still used today. They were so huge you could fit a small private jet plane into them.
Well, the Airbus Beluga whale transporter is still used for carrying bits and pieces of the A380 to the main factory where its assembled:
The largest cargo plane, the Antonov AN225 is still in service:
yep thats the one. but these guys came way before the A380, so technically speaking A380 is nt the big cat. its probably the big cheese
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