A380 painted and with full 4 engines

[Craig.]

Assuming they dont cancel it first. I dont know the latest, on that though.

[C]

Assuming they dont cancel it first. I dont know the latest, on that though.

Very doubtful they'd cancel it, even if the current US Government is emphasising the Army more than the USAF/USN/USMC... If fact that may have a beneficial effect for the JSF/JCA if the F-22 order is scaled down a lot. Both countries will need the aircraft come 2012 to replace ageing fleets (by that time the Harrier concept will be nearly 50 years old as a aircraft and engine - ok, the current airframes date from the late 80s/early 90s, and it's still a very capable aeroplane), and with the number of export orders and industrial involvement as well, I suspect this would be very unlikely...

[Craig.]

I think alot of it could be decided by the F/22 situation. Also here the carrier situation could decide lot of it. Theres still a huge debate going on about the super carriers, and its actually risking the project altogether apparently. You have better contacts than i do, so you might be able to confirm this, but the latest news i heard, was that they are strongly considering only building 1 carrier now.

[C]

I think alot of it could be decided by the F/22 situation. Also here the carrier situation could decide lot of it. Theres still a huge debate going on about the super carriers, and its actually risking the project altogether apparently. You have better contacts than i do, so you might be able to confirm this, but the latest news i heard, was that they are strongly considering only building 1 carrier now.

Your guess is as good as mine... at least we'll be having it for land based occupations too...

[krylite]

Here's a recent cnn article on the a380. As suggested, looks like they're looking into reducing the paint weight to about 60% of normal...

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story. ... elated=off

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

has any been to the Airbus website recently, they have really cool countdown timer.  8)

www.airbus.com

cheers,
ashar

[beefhole]

Ha, did you see the "Win an A380" thing? I'm gonna win it and put it in my garage for safekeeping.  ;D

[-sam-]

Hi there,

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,337281,00.html

In that article (german) you will find some pictures showing the
A-380 in it

[Woodlouse2002]

Very doubtful they'd cancel it, even if the current US Government is emphasising the Army more than the USAF/USN/USMC... If fact that may have a beneficial effect for the JSF/JCA if the F-22 order is scaled down a lot. Both countries will need the aircraft come 2012 to replace ageing fleets (by that time the Harrier concept will be nearly 50 years old as a aircraft and engine - ok, the current airframes date from the late 80s/early 90s, and it's still a very capable aeroplane), and with the number of export orders and industrial involvement as well, I suspect this would be very unlikely...

If british aviation was today what it was in the 60's the Harrier would be supersonic by now.  And if the P.1154 project wasn't cancelled then the Harrier would have been supersonic from the very outset. As I see it, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And the Harrier certainly ain't broke. I mean, at least it can take off from a carrier. Which puts it one step ahead of the JSF.

[Archer <]-]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&e=3&u=/ap/france_airbus_a380_s_debut

[C]

[quote]
If british aviation was today what it was in the 60's the Harrier would be supersonic by now.

[Woodlouse2002]

Which would see the Sea Harrier retired, the JSF cancelled, and ultimately scrapped completely because one of the biggest buyers has backed out.

[C]

Which would see the Sea Harrier retired, the JSF cancelled, and ultimately scrapped completely because one of the biggest buyers has backed out.

I imagine we would still go ahead with our order even if we didn't get the two new carriers - we have 2 bases of Gr7s to replace...

[asda_price]

Little beauty...

Will be dominating the skies soon enough!

Cheers,

Rob

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

exactly when is the first test flight? ive heard people say in the end of March or the beginning of April