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Offline fastson
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Airbus A380 in the sky for the first time.
« on: April 27, 2005, 07:59:30 AM »
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050427/ap_on_re_eu/a380_first_flight&sid=84439559

It was quite unreal seeing such a huge aircraft lift off (it filled most of the runway)
The design of the front end of the plane looks a lot like the aircrafts in the Donald Duck comic books. :D

Very cool, I hope this will be a winner for Airbus. China seems to like it a lot (Airbus even changed the name of the model to satisfy the Chinese!)
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2005, 08:13:21 AM »
Boeing all the way.
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2005, 08:51:18 AM »
The Bigger they are, The harder they...............
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2005, 08:58:56 AM »
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Boeing all the way.

Pfft, Airbus > Boeing ;)
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2005, 09:31:38 AM »
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Pfft, Airbus > Boeing ;)


http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=16279

Stupid Euros - we invented the airplane. ;)
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2005, 11:21:11 AM »
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Boeing all the way.


Fanboy! :rolleyes:



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The Bigger they are, The harder they...............


Crash?
Yeah, I\'d not want to see a A380 with 800 people coming crashing down. :eek:
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2005, 11:38:25 AM »
I like how the pilots wore parachutes and had a rail to an escape hatch during the flight... I wouldn\'t be too confident in this giant yet.
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2005, 11:47:29 AM »
i\'m pretty sure they do that for all maiden voyages
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2005, 01:46:57 PM »
That thing is massive... its like my dick with wings.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2005, 05:33:00 PM »
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That thing is massive... its like my dick with wings.


This is more your size. ;)
http://www.fortunecity.se/skogsangen/lummelunda/195/


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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2005, 11:18:14 PM »
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This is more your size. ;)
http://www.fortunecity.se/skogsangen/lummelunda/195/





it really works.
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2005, 08:18:35 AM »
So yea I don\'t think Ive ever been in an Airbus.  How do they fare quality-wise up agaisnt Boeing?

Being that Airbus is Euro I\'d imagine it has more amenities and such. (like comparing BMW vs General Motors)
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2005, 05:37:00 PM »
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i\'m pretty sure they do that for all maiden voyages


Actually the first trip that plane took I think it crashed and the crew died.  Not positive, but I think they mentioned that on the radio the other day.

They also had several pilots on the radio as well and they were completely dihing on airbus and how much better boeing was to fly.  Question for Ddaryl really.  Although he hasn\'t been around for quite some time.
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« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2005, 10:46:05 PM »
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Actually the first trip that plane took I think it crashed and the crew died.  Not positive, but I think they mentioned that on the radio the other day.
Bullshit. You must be hallucinating. At least give me a credible source, because I haven\'t heard ANYTHING about any such thing.

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They also had several pilots on the radio as well and they were completely dihing on airbus and how much better boeing was to fly.  Question for Ddaryl really.  Although he hasn\'t been around for quite some time. [/B]
Lol, that must have been from the same \'reliable\' source? I can\'t say anything about the technical stuff since I don\'t know anything about it, but here\'s what the test pilot said:

Jacques Rosay, who flew the A380 during take-off, said the plane behaved "immaculately" and that as a pilot "you handle it like you handle a bicycle". (taken from BBC News)
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2005, 05:21:26 PM »
If you are a pilot who likes Boeing you are going to talk poorly about airbus.  Do you really think the pilot of the 380 would get out of th eplane and say, "Wasn\'t bad, but the 777 I flew last week handled better?"

And like i said before.  I heard that stuff on the radio.  No clue if it\'s true.
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