A380 build pictures...

[RIC_BARKER]

Hi Guys,

Found these, and thought of you lot!  ;D

All I can say is, that thing is BIG!!

http://vanzanten-studios.wehid.com/A380/

Ric B.

[Maccers]

B I G  P L A N E

[Tchkinjiu]

Holy Crap!

would've been nice to... oh...
would've been nice to see the actual product.  :P

[ATI_7500]

holy crap! never seen such a big aircraft before!

[Wing Nut]

Man, THAT is one enormous plane!

[Felix/FFDS]

Just more places for rodents and bugs to hide

[RIC_BARKER]

Just more places for rodents and bugs to hide

LOL, otherwise know by the flight crew as "PAX"....

[microlight]

...all i can say is 'good grief'. very humbly ...

[Ambassador]

Wow...

[JBaymore]

Ric,

Does that plane exist now?  Or was it a "concept" and it never ........ ahem....... "got off the ground"  ;) ?

best,

.................john

[Felix/FFDS]

[quote]Ric,

Does that plane exist now?

[Wing Nut]

But it is coming.  They're already building airports with the longer runways that will be required for it.  I forget how long it needs, but it's a lot.  I think Denver's new airport has a big enough runway.

[RIC_BARKER]

Yup, the plane you see being built there is going to be used for testing, and will eventually go to Fed-Ex, at least that's what I'm hearing.

Most runways won't need to be lengthened, as the A380 will have better performance than the 747-400.

What will need to be changed is the parking areas. At KLAX for example, the parking areas are so small that when 2 744's are next to each other, clearance at the wingtips is just over 4 ft. That's why you must get positioned under a tug, and not your own power at LAX.

I have no idea what the airport are planning to do about this, I hope they can sort something out! LAX is a nice airport.....except for the snooty security guards, as I found out first hand....

Ric.