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Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Saitek » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:51 am

In France today. 8) Read about it here

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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Theis » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:01 am

cool!
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Mr. Bones » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:21 am

just saw it live on CNN... 8)
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Craig. » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:53 am

and as predicted, new logo:) looks much better.
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby legoalex2000 » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:01 am

omg, that thing is 2 levels, but boeing will be fine.
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Ben_M_K » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:50 am

Man I wish I could have seen it! Looks great!

Does anyone know when the first flight is? (Test flight)
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Postby Craig. » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:52 am

end of March is currently set, but who knows.
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby eno » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:19 pm

Check out the video link on that page .......  WOW!!  :o :o :o
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Omag 2.0 » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:28 pm

Big, impressive but stonecold ugly to me...  :P

Just compare the technical drawings of the 747 and the 380. The last one seems to have abig lump on its head.

Oh well, still an impressive piece of engineering! Now I wanna see it fly!
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby jordonj » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:33 pm

Still not as cool as the Antonov An-225...but Ozzy would probably take it under a bridge just the same... ;D
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby TacitBlue » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:55 pm

I saw it on the news this morning, they said it seats over 500, has a bar, lounge, and the first class seats fold out to complete beds! I still cant get over how friggin huge it is.
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Craig. » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:00 pm

Bransons going all out, sacrificing seats for a gym, a walk in bar, and even private bedrooms.  ::) we shall see.
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby `Josh » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:41 pm

WOW  :o...You never realize how BIG something is until its standing next to a crowd of people...

Even though I'm more of a Boeing fan, I'm very impressed with this giant....

Cant wait to see it when it flies for FedEx...They'll be flyin' right over my house  8)
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby Craig. » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:42 pm

what airport will that be Josh?
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Re: Airbus A380 rolls out!

Postby ReverseThrust » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:14 pm

Yuck.... :-/
She doesn't look graceful or majestic... only grotesquely large.  It's not like the new scarebus is an amazing innovation either... there are planes equal to and bigger than it in size!  

However, the engines are awesome and the livery is kinda cool too!
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