A380 Airbus - The Official Thread.

[VladTepes]

The A380 has visited Brisbane. Twice now.

It's big.

I took a few pics - these are on pages 3 onwards of the Aviation gallery in my main gallery (click link in signature line) and I will get some other pics once I get back from Fraser (a mate with better tarmas access took some flight and taxi-ing ones for me).

Unfortunately not parked next to a 747 but apparently JT is in town and they are going to do some pics with his 707 and the A380.

It looks to be not much longer than a 747 but the tailplane is higher (say about 8 stories high :!: ) The wingspan is longer, the wings are thicker and different in profile (see pics from France I have posted in the aviation section of my gallery) and its a double decker all the way back.

Oh and did I mention..... it's big :!:



Given the tarmac restrictions it was difficult to get a photo that truly shows its great size but at the same time fits all the plane into one frame. I tried.



All except the tail is in Qantas livery.



You can see what I mean about the huge wing with unconventional profile in this shot.

As you can also see, it's reasonably big. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Redback]

Have to recall this one those wings look pretty bent to me, must be the weight of those engines [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] 8O

[abaddonxi]

Mmmm, large.

What are the cops doing standing there? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] Waiting for some kid to come along and hotwire it? Stop it from breaking out of the cordon of witches hats and make a run for it?

Simon

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Hmmm... looks big. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] Ugly as sin though IMHO [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

The anhedral appearance on the wing might be a slight optical illusion. You'd probably find it the tip would lift a bit when under load to give a little dihedral. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[DiscoTDI]

Pretty flash, but I think the RR sport is better [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

[one_iota]

Bloated comes to mind

as does waiting several hours in a queue to get on and off

I travelled cattle class electric prodded by cabin attendents





and I was aspiring to a Personal Lear Jet :roll:

[VladTepes]

Simon those aren't (mostly) coppers but rather Airbus' own security people.

Righty: Yep its none too pretty. I hope the Boeing 787 will be prettier. (It's smaller so it has half a chance) and yeah the wingtips would flex up when carrying the load of the aircraft in the air.

OI: Lear Jets and such are rubbish. It's INSANE to spend all that money on a plane you can;t even stand up in :!: :roll:

[Jojo]

Originally posted by VladTepes

...but apparently JT is in town...

Who in hell is this JT ??????? Call me stupid but I really have no clue! Sorry 'bout my ignorance!

[Piggy]

Strange about those wings - Heard a rumour that they bend the other way in the northern hemishere !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Piggy]

p.s. - it is <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">[/size]BIG

[size=12]</span>who is JT ??????????