Author Topic: Up close and personal: Airbus A380 in LAX (Read 676 times)

john9001 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 21, 2007, 09:34:07 AM »

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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Actually I think that they cause less warming per person carried than most other aircraft.

less warming is still warming. come on, do you want to save the earth or not. ban the flying whale.

it does have a place in history, right beside the spruce goose and the concord.

Bodhi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 21, 2007, 09:34:11 AM »

Seems to me like a lot of wasted space downstairs.

I suspect that computer station is for monitoring for the time being and will not be production.

Dichotomy · « **Reply #17 on:** March 21, 2007, 10:14:54 AM »

ya I'm bored today

Dinger · « **Reply #18 on:** March 21, 2007, 10:21:49 AM »

The accepted joke is to photoshop a Windows BSOD into every cockpit display.

Dichotomy · « **Reply #19 on:** March 21, 2007, 10:23:38 AM »

not THAT bored

Hawco · « **Reply #20 on:** March 21, 2007, 12:06:18 PM »

To the untrained eye like mine, Just how large is it compared to something like a 747? Been in one of them so I know how big those things are.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #21 on:** March 21, 2007, 12:31:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Hawco
To the untrained eye like mine, Just how large is it compared to something like a 747? Been in one of them so I know how big those things are.

Also, an overlay:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Giant_planes_comparison.svg/350px-Giant_planes_comparison.svg.png

Hawco · « **Reply #22 on:** March 21, 2007, 12:37:07 PM »

Jeez, didn't know the thing was that big!

Wolfala · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2007, 12:44:29 PM »

Pity. No B-36 comparison.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #24 on:** March 21, 2007, 12:58:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Wolfala
Pity. No B-36 comparison.

The B-36 fuselage would not be much longer than a B-737, however its wingspan....possible that of a A380?

Edit: I was close: B-36 wingspan 232 ft. A380 is 260 ft.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #25 on:** March 21, 2007, 02:43:44 PM »

do you think all it's bolts are in metric?

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 21, 2007, 06:36:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
You're right, on the ground it didn't look any bigger than a 747 but in the air you can't help to think how they got such a fat ugly looking plane in the sky.

ack-ack

the 380 is 79ft. in height

the 747-400 is 63 ft. 8 inches in height

source airliners.net