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Big Ugly Bird

Postby expat » Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:06 pm

One big ugly bird.......................But a bit like an ugly girl who has a great chest or legs................you just can't help but look..... :lol:

I came on to nights and found this parked on the ramp. She is waiting for the wing cracking mod to be carried out. I guess I have been in aviation too long as once up nice and close, the A380 did not seem all that big to be..........except the underside of the wing at the root, that was a lot of area..
Pictures taken with my phone.

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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby OldAirmail » Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:29 pm

I can certainly tell that it's BIG!

Look at that first picture. There's a guy in white standing under the starboard engine!
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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby papituwall » Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:32 am

Many thanks for this pics!
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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby pete » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:00 am

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)

I love the 380. (I don't think that's a guy under the engine ... I think it's some kind of marker cone)


Thanks for posting! Great pics!
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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby Hagar » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:19 am

Nice photos. Makes me wonder why I need a DSLR these days. :think:

I've never considered the A380 to be uglier than any other jet airliner. I suspect that idea was encouraged by Boeing's publicity department. ;)
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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby OldAirmail » Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:05 am

pete wrote:Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)

I love the 380. (I don't think that's a guy under the engine ... I think it's some kind of marker cone)


Thanks for posting! Great pics!

Just kidding around & playing on Matts ref. to the plane being big. Yeah, it's a cone.

And I screwed up on starboard/port thing. :oops:

It's the port side (see my tattoo post :lol: ).
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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby Fozzer » Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:27 am

OldAirmail wrote:Just kidding around & playing on Matts ref. to the plane being big. Yeah, it's a cone.

And I screwed up on starboard/port thing. :oops:

It's the port side (see my tattoo post :lol: ).


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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby expat » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:23 am

Hagar wrote:Nice photos. Makes me wonder why I need a DSLR these days. :think:


The cameras on smart phones are good and getting better. But I did kick myself. My Nikon D7000 and tripod would have been a 1000% better. The one time I did not take the dam thing....... :doh: :doh:

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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby Fozzer » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:26 am

expat wrote:
Hagar wrote:Nice photos. Makes me wonder why I need a DSLR these days. :think:


The cameras on smart phones are good and getting better. But I did kick myself. My Nikon D7000 and tripod would have been a 1000% better. The one time I did not take the dam thing....... :doh: :doh:

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All this; "modern stuff", is leaving me far behind!

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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby U4EA » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:01 pm

Thanx for sharing! That is one big mama! :o Ugly! And big!

No really, it's real purty..........in a fat chick sorta way! :whistle:

Does something that big have its own zipcode when it parks? :dance:
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Re: Big Ugly Bird

Postby expat » Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:50 am

U4EA wrote:Does something that big have its own zipcode when it parks? :dance:


Well yes I suppose it does. It can only be parked on a weight approved section of the ramp............... :lol: :lol:

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