Airbus A 380 is rolling

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:49:12 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote:

It's a war between the two giant, state-supported airliner mfrs. The
winner will dominate the business and the loser's country will suffer
economically.

But not nearly as much as we will all suffer if there IS a loser.

The present situation suits me just fine, thanks. See saw, Margery
Daw. Keeps the prices down, the executives sweating, and the trade
negotiators' blood pressure up against the stops. And if the European
and Wichita taxpayers want to subsidize my flying, that's a bonus.

Looks like Boeing will ace out Airbus in sales this year.


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Martin Hotze wrote:
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:23:51 -0500, Dan Luke wrote:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/818500/M/

according to this foto, the Aribus A 380 is on its 3rd rolling

What a monster.

yeah.

hopefully they'll have a save first flight soon.

Since I believe this is war

hu?

and I'm rooting for my side, I hope the
thing flops. Still, as an aviation buff, I'd love to watch a
touch-and-go.

I like it beeing in service and generating business. There are
concerns
IMHO about so many people in one place (check-in, gate, plane) ...

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Martin Hotze wrote:

I like it beeing in service and generating business. There are concerns
IMHO about so many people in one place (check-in, gate, plane) ...

I seem to remember that when the 747 was introduced, there were
*excactly* the same concerns.

Stefan

"Stefan" wrote in message
...
Martin Hotze wrote:

I like it beeing in service and generating business. There are concerns
IMHO about so many people in one place (check-in, gate, plane) ...

I seem to remember that when the 747 was introduced, there were *excactly*
the same concerns.


The interesting thing I noticed in the picture was the tail of a South
African Airways A340 behind the A380. SAA are moving to an all Airbus fleet
and dropping Boeing.

Stefan wrote:

Martin Hotze wrote:

I like it beeing in service and generating business. There are concerns
IMHO about so many people in one place (check-in, gate, plane) ...

I seem to remember that when the 747 was introduced, there were
*excactly* the same concerns.

Still are. It's no fun boarding any aircraft with a few hundred of your best
friends. And at some airports, like LAX especially, it's a near disaster at
the gates with a 747.

Still, as an aviation buff, I'd love to watch a
touch-and-go.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Some years ago I happened to pass by Travis AFB, CA in a 152. There
were a few C5 Galaxies in the pattern - doing touch and go's.
Impressive, even from a distance. It was a rather large pattern.

David Johnson

On 17 Apr 2005 17:08:04 -0700, wrote:

Some years ago I happened to pass by Travis AFB, CA in a 152. There
were a few C5 Galaxies in the pattern - doing touch and go's.
Impressive, even from a distance. It was a rather large pattern.

I once watched a C-5 searching for bodies after a boating accident on
Great Bay. (It happened to be arriving at Pease air base just after
some racing shells discovered that they couldn't handle waves.) It was
SO BIG that it appeared to be motionless in the air: the eye simply
assumed that everything was happening nearby and in slow motion.


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I once watched a C-5 searching for bodies after a boating accident on
Great Bay. (It happened to be arriving at Pease air base just after
some racing shells discovered that they couldn't handle waves.) It was
SO BIG that it appeared to be motionless in the air: the eye simply
assumed that everything was happening nearby and in slow motion.

Last year at OSH the C-5 did some low approaches. The mind has a hard time
grasping the fact that something that big can fly, and it looks for all the
world as if it's standing still.

See:
http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...ure%207-04.jpg

It's a remarkable machine.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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"Your Aviation Destination"

C-5's are impressive for sure..

Then we had one of the Antonov's in here several times last
year....

Now, we talkin HUGE...

Looked like one could remove the Herky's wings (It was parked
on the same ramp) and roll it inside, and still have room for the
wings and a few army vehicles as well....

Dave



..On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:44:10 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I once watched a C-5 searching for bodies after a boating accident on
Great Bay. (It happened to be arriving at Pease air base just after
some racing shells discovered that they couldn't handle waves.) It was
SO BIG that it appeared to be motionless in the air: the eye simply
assumed that everything was happening nearby and in slow motion.

Last year at OSH the C-5 did some low approaches. The mind has a hard time
grasping the fact that something that big can fly, and it looks for all the
world as if it's standing still.

See:
http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...ure%207-04.jpg

It's a remarkable machine.

Martin,

hopefully they'll have a save first flight soon.


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