Airbus A 380 is rolling

"Martin Hotze" 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.

hopefully they'll have a save first flight soon.

Since I believe this is war 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.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

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) ...

#m
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"Martin Hotze" wrote:
Since I believe this is war

hu?

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.

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.

Actually, the 380 would likely be a boon to the economy around here
(Mobile, Alabama) because Brookley Field would probably get a lot of
maintenance and component manufacturing business. Overall, though, if
the 380 is a big success it will hurt Boeing and the U. S.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

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

Overall, though, if
the 380 is a big success it will hurt Boeing and the U. S.

it _will_ hurt Boeing, but I doubt that it will hurt the US. Such big
companies think global, so they spread maintainance, parts, etc. all over
the world. IMHO

#m

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Martin Hotze wrote:

companies think global, so they spread maintainance, parts, etc. all over
the world. IMHO

Each A380 will be maintained at the home base of whichever company has
bought it, exactly as your spam can isn't ferried to the USA for the 50
hours check of the Lycoming.

Reminds me of a story a couple of years ago. The Swiss army planned to
buy a certain amount of trucks. Some politicians insisted that they
should be Saurer trucks (Saurer was a now defunct Swiss truck factory)
rather than the somewhat cheaper Mercedes because by buying the Swiss
stuff, they would create work in Switzerland. Taking a closer look it
turned out that by buying the German Mercedes they would create *more*
work in Switzerland, because the German Mercedes had much more Swiss
built parts than the Swiss Saurer...

Stefan

I saw an announcement two weeks ago in my local newspaper that Airbus
was searching for a site to build a US maintenance base.

Stefan wrote:
Martin Hotze wrote:
Each A380 will be maintained at the home base of whichever company has
bought it, exactly as your spam can isn't ferried to the USA for the 50
hours check of the Lycoming.

"john smith" wrote:
I saw an announcement two weeks ago in my local newspaper that Airbus
was searching for a site to build a US maintenance base.

Yes. My airport, Mobile Downtown, is in the running. Not sure I'm
crazy about this idea, as GA ramp space might be appropriated for new
facilities. On the other hand, if it boosts the local economy enough,
it might pump up my Bonanza fund.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:08:13 +0200, Stefan
wrote:

Taking a closer look it
turned out that by buying the German Mercedes they would create *more*
work in Switzerland, because the German Mercedes had much more Swiss
built parts than the Swiss Saurer...

And perhaps they broke down more often?

It has often struck me that the jobs lost to the American economy
through the Honda Accord are all maintenance jobs, since the Accord is
built in the U.S. and never breaks down.


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Did anyone read the Wall Street Journal article two weeks ago that
listed all the A380 suppliers, what they supply and where they are located?

Martin Hotze wrote:
it _will_ hurt Boeing, but I doubt that it will hurt the US. Such big
companies think global, so they spread maintainance, parts, etc. all over
the world. IMHO

In article ,
says...

Did anyone read the Wall Street Journal article two weeks ago that
listed all the A380 suppliers, what they supply and where they are located?


Didn't see the article, but it's a very pertinent point. US (and worldwide)
suppliers play a very important role in the A380 program, and their risk to
benefit ratio is attractive, compared to that of Airbus Industrie.

Boeing CEO Condit, in a visit to France a few years ago, mad a snide comment,
something like "The manufacture and sale of a Boeing aircraft benefits France
and Europe more than the sale of an Airbus aircraft." He was referring to the
cost of subsidies paid to Airbus, but also to the shared markets for suppliers
- notably engines.