Stefan wrote:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1101860/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1101677/M/

Very cool - I saw those photos on Flight International's site
yesterday. Probably the only time we'll ever see A380s in formation.
Smoke trails would have been neat, but usually indicative of big
problems on a transport G

Reading between the lines, I think it was smart for Airbus to have
staged that display. With all the hype about the delays in the 380
program, they probably wanted to show that they're on track and could
use some positive press. One of those planes had flown for the first
time with the EA GP7200 engines (MSN9 / F-WWEA) less than a week before
to the formation flight.