Dawn of the super jumbo
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The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. Wonder moments seeing the beauty take to the skies. [^] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A380-800 - Operating empty 277,000kg (610,700lb), max takeoff 560,000kg (1,234,600lb) :omg: Steve
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The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. Wonder moments seeing the beauty take to the skies. [^] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mayur Mahajan wrote: The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. More like "shook the skies today". :-D I still can't imagine the logistics for managing to cram 555 (and more than 800 possible) people into the thing, from a puny little airport terminal with 2 check in clerks, one of which just went on a smoke break, the other of which is dealing with a cranky person who claims his seat was in first class rather than Row ZZZ-36. They must do things differently in Europe. harhar. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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I notice that Boeing are now talking about the 787 which looks remarkably similar.. The tigress is here :-D
Really? Were you wearing beer googles when you looked at the 787? It doesn't look anything like an A380... Though the A380 looks very much like a pregnant 747-400! :) If just one of these things crashes, it'll become the worst air disaster in history, a record that required the collision of (2) 747's to set! RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Mayur Mahajan wrote: The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. More like "shook the skies today". :-D I still can't imagine the logistics for managing to cram 555 (and more than 800 possible) people into the thing, from a puny little airport terminal with 2 check in clerks, one of which just went on a smoke break, the other of which is dealing with a cranky person who claims his seat was in first class rather than Row ZZZ-36. They must do things differently in Europe. harhar. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Damn, so true!! RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Mayur Mahajan wrote: The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. More like "shook the skies today". :-D I still can't imagine the logistics for managing to cram 555 (and more than 800 possible) people into the thing, from a puny little airport terminal with 2 check in clerks, one of which just went on a smoke break, the other of which is dealing with a cranky person who claims his seat was in first class rather than Row ZZZ-36. They must do things differently in Europe. harhar. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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Really? Were you wearing beer googles when you looked at the 787? It doesn't look anything like an A380... Though the A380 looks very much like a pregnant 747-400! :) If just one of these things crashes, it'll become the worst air disaster in history, a record that required the collision of (2) 747's to set! RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
Dave Kreskowiak wrote: If just one of these things crashes, it'll become the worst air disaster in history, a record that required the collision of (2) 747's to set! Have we programmers become so nerd that we cannot think anything more than a 'crash'??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Mayur Mahajan wrote: The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. More like "shook the skies today". :-D I still can't imagine the logistics for managing to cram 555 (and more than 800 possible) people into the thing, from a puny little airport terminal with 2 check in clerks, one of which just went on a smoke break, the other of which is dealing with a cranky person who claims his seat was in first class rather than Row ZZZ-36. They must do things differently in Europe. harhar. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
Marc Clifton wrote: They must do things differently in Europe It's not that more people will rush to the airport to travel by the A380. Instead, the existing crowd will be "crammed" into a single jet. So it's not the scene at the airport but that inside this craft that will be significantly different. Well, as you said, this might not be an airline for Europe, but should work wonders in Asia and on intercontinental routes connecting major hubs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. Wonder moments seeing the beauty take to the skies. [^] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:cool: That thing is big!
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: If just one of these things crashes, it'll become the worst air disaster in history, a record that required the collision of (2) 747's to set! Have we programmers become so nerd that we cannot think anything more than a 'crash'??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, we could also consider hijacking (ala BackOrifice).:-D Boredom, Bull$^%&, Baggage, Bar - all start with 'B'
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Mayur Mahajan wrote: The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. More like "shook the skies today". :-D I still can't imagine the logistics for managing to cram 555 (and more than 800 possible) people into the thing, from a puny little airport terminal with 2 check in clerks, one of which just went on a smoke break, the other of which is dealing with a cranky person who claims his seat was in first class rather than Row ZZZ-36. They must do things differently in Europe. harhar. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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The Airbus A380 super jumbo took to the skies today. Wonder moments seeing the beauty take to the skies. [^] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...it's big but isn't it just as slow? I get out to malaysia fairly often and the thing that would most affect my journey is it being a heck of a lot shorter! Still mourning the loss of concorde, a plane that STILL hasn't been equalled after decades of 'development', and now just remembered for a crash. Tim Stubbs