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Offline mora

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« on: December 11, 2004, 10:25:50 AM »
It's frigging HUGE!
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Offline Rino

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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2004, 10:31:14 AM »
I think we've finally reached the point where it will take longer
to board the aircraft than it will to reach your destination :D
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Offline Furball

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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2004, 11:31:50 AM »
Bah, thats nothing, wait til you see THIS! :D
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Offline Zoldamite

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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2004, 11:50:06 AM »
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Bah, thats nothing, wait til you see THIS! :D
:lol  thanks for laugh i need it
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2004, 01:21:37 PM »
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Bah, thats nothing, wait til you see THIS! :D

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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2004, 01:39:51 PM »
Funny thing about the A380's even their engineers have admited that they are amazed that Boeing designed and built the 747 in 60's with nothing but slide rulers.

As no matter how often they ran it through the compitiion the original Jumbo kept on coming up as the most efficent design and max weight.

It will be interesting to see what it's MTOW will be once it's complete.

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Offline Golfer

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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2004, 01:49:14 PM »
Pretty airplane, I am not flying on the damn thing.

Boeing, Going, 'nuff said.
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2004, 02:13:06 PM »
Now if they would just paint it yellow and call her 'Big Bird'! :D

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Offline tikky

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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2004, 03:00:35 PM »
W-Europeans are designing a plane that would go head to head with a 40 year old design (jumbo jet)???:lol :lol :lol
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Offline mora

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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2004, 03:06:34 PM »
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W-Europeans are designing a plane that would go head to head with a 40 year old design (jumbo jet)???:lol :lol :lol


It's operating costs per passenger are significantly lower. Anyway Boeing was lucky to get the 747 right. It's still produced without any major re-design.
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Offline Golfer

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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2004, 03:08:38 PM »
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It's operating costs per passenger are significantly lower. Anyway Boeing was lucky to get the 747 right. It's still produced without any major re-design.


Lucky?  How about Good?  Thorough?
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Offline mora

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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2004, 03:11:53 PM »
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Lucky?  How about Good?  Thorough?


How about, lucky, good and thorough. Back in the day they didn't model stuff on computers so they needed also luck to get it perfect.

The 737 is also still produced but it needed a new wing to be competitive.
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Offline Ozark

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« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2004, 06:29:10 PM »
From NFPA ARFF Technical Committee member:

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The FAA is not going to mandate that Airbus certify the slides like they have on other aircraft. (90 seconds using half of the available exits). The FAA is going to allow Airbus to do one level at a time. Airbus doesn't want to jeopardize the safety of participants in the certification by evacuating both levels simultaneously. We are somewhat concerned regarding this matter on the NFPA ARFF Technical Committee. The way the slides are oriented, there is a strong argument to support the theory that there are going to be several injuries on an actual aircraft evacuation.


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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2004, 08:14:36 PM »
The plane is cool. I'm just waiting for the huge dissapointments when people realize all those fancy bars, shopping malls, workout rooms, casinos and whatever else shown were just so much marketing fluff as they cram into coach class in a 600 seat A380..

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Offline superpug1

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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2004, 09:31:01 PM »
LOL grunherz. Aint that the truth, but isnt more than 600 seats, cause the 747 has like 550 and its cheaper to make.
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