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Offline Sparks

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« on: January 10, 2004, 06:23:53 PM »
These pics are a few months old now but I have only just got round to posting them.  The Airbus A380 is going to be HUGE - ABSOLUTELY HUGE!!

Notice the size of the people in the pics - in the fuselage one they are on the lower left corner.





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Offline Maniac

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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2004, 06:25:31 PM »
I wont set my fot in one of these.
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2004, 07:33:32 PM »
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I wont set my fot in one of these.


I'm with you, this new fangled flight machine stuff is no good witchraft.... :)
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Offline mora

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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2004, 08:16:53 PM »
It is big, but nothing that hasn't been done before. I think it will be a success, maybe not as big as the 747 but nevertheless a good money maker for the AI.
« Last Edit: January 10, 2004, 08:20:56 PM by mora »
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2004, 08:32:04 PM »
Big B may have some pud knockers working for them ;)

But for comercial air travel I still say "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going"
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Offline Yeager

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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2004, 09:17:44 PM »
My hat is off to Airbus.  I dont expect the A380 to be nearly as big of a success as it is an airplane but it will do well enough to justify its being built.  

Boeing is screwed and airbus had nothing to do with it.  Boeing screwed itself and will probably never be the number one producer of commercial aircraft ever again.  

I expect that title to evetually go to the Chinese.  Once they get down to it and start making large airliners it will be lights out for the western manufacturers.
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Offline Staga

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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2004, 09:34:04 PM »
In future China will have huge markets for passenger aircrafts but so far they've bought their larger aircrafts from west or from Russia and smaller and military aircrafts they have manufactured are more or less copies of Russian products.
I don't think they're threatening western passenger aircraft manufacturers in near future but their western neighbours Russians are having everything they need for challenging Airbus and Boeing.
I wouldn't be surprised if one day there would be only two manufacturers left, Airbus and Tupolev.
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2004, 09:57:24 PM »
Id rather fly a wet cardboard box than any commercial airplane  designed and manufactured by russians.
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2004, 11:08:22 PM »
It will be as big a s a stinky 747. It will be way bigger. And another point is, WE will build it WITHOUT money from the government. The 747 got payed by the government completly. Thats it why it was so succesfull.
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2004, 11:23:39 PM »
Having flown to europe on 3 occasions in last year, I must say that in passanger comfort department AirBus 320 ( I think ) beats the hell out of 767s i've flew.
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Offline Godzilla

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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2004, 11:45:51 PM »
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It will be as big a s a stinky 747. It will be way bigger. And another point is, WE will build it WITHOUT money from the government. The 747 got payed by the government completly. Thats it why it was so succesfull.


Who's the "WE" that will build it?

Funny, it's "going" to be bigger than a "stinky" 747. How long have 747's been flying now?

BTW, the 747 entered service way back in 1970, so comparing a 3 country, 18% European government financed, 2006 airliner with an airliner in service since 1970 is very funny.

That being said, the 380 looks like a great, huge aircraft.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2004, 12:00:24 AM by Godzilla »
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2004, 12:33:45 AM »
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It will be as big a s a stinky 747. It will be way bigger. And another point is, WE will build it WITHOUT money from the government. The 747 got payed by the government completly. Thats it why it was so succesfull.


And YOU will end up paying for it, Airbus is a nice govermnet subsidized racket you got there... :)

Where do you get the notion that the US government finaced the 747?

Why cant you be happy about your nice new toy without lying about it and also the 747....
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Offline Rasker

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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2004, 01:40:24 AM »
Looking at the first photograph.  Man! Those Europeans are tiny folks.  :)
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2004, 02:14:25 AM »
boeing is better cuase of SouthWest airlines:D i love sitting infront with tons of room.
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2004, 03:40:29 AM »
When it's done, find a place to park it.

Frankfurt Airport has 1 postion to put it in, but the PAX gate it not big enough to fit the passagers.
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