A380 unveiling, 1/18/05, Live.

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Well, here we go, guys. It's tomorrow, streamed live on Airbus'
website. ZDF (Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen, Ch. 2, Germany) and CNN
International are going to be covering it as well. Starts tomorrow at
10am GMT (2am PST). Agenda as follows (times are GMT):

07:30
Joint press conference with Noel Forgeard, Airbus President and Chief
Executive Officer, and A380 customer Chief Executive Officers.

10:00 (with live video feed on airbus.com site) Arrival of Heads of
State and Governments
- Mr Jacques Chirac,President of the French Republic
- The Right Honourable Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- His Excellency Mr Gerhard Schroder, Chancellor of the Federal
Republic of Germany
- His Excellency Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of the
Government of the Spanish Kingdom

11:05 [with live video feed on airbus.com site]
- Beginning of ceremony.
- Aircraft Reveal.
- Inauguration of the aircraft.

11:35 End of ceremony.

All feeds will be available at
http://www.airbus.com/events/a380_re...vent/index.asp .

Enjoy.

BL.
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A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:

http://www.airbus.com/events/a380_re...vent/index.asp .

Has anyone been able to get any image/video feed from Airbus's terrible
web site ?

BBC started to cover the ceremony, but decided to switch back to news.

"nobody" wrote in message
...
A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:

http://www.airbus.com/events/a380_re...vent/index.asp .

Has anyone been able to get any image/video feed from Airbus's terrible
web site ?

BBC started to cover the ceremony, but decided to switch back to news.

It is currently on BBC News 24.

JohnT

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 05:37:09 -0500, nobody wrote:

A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:

http://www.airbus.com/events/a380_re...vent/index.asp .

Has anyone been able to get any image/video feed from Airbus's terrible
web site ?


No, but you can see it at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news


BBC started to cover the ceremony, but decided to switch back to news.


It is being broadcast on ZDF, Euronews and CNN in Europe
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Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:31:02 -0500, nobody wrote
in ::

Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

How many passengers would such a car carry?

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:50:20 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:31:02 -0500, nobody wrote
in ::

Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

How many passengers would such a car carry?


Not a relevant statistic either. Factor in the average load factor of
a fuel efficient diesal car and an A380 and then you might have a more
meaningful figure.
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:15:04 +0100, AJC wrote in
::

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:50:20 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:31:02 -0500, nobody wrote
in ::

Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

How many passengers would such a car carry?


Not a relevant statistic either.

Given the OP's comparative statement above, the implied "statistic"
was apparently relevant to her.

Factor in the average load factor of a fuel efficient diesal car
and an A380 and then you might have a more meaningful figure.

Meaningful in what way? Am I to infer, that you find the metric of
fuel-per-passenger-mile irrelevant?

In article , Larry Dighera
says...
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:15:04 +0100, AJC wrote in
::

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:50:20 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:31:02 -0500, nobody wrote
in ::

Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

How many passengers would such a car carry?


Not a relevant statistic either.

Given the OP's comparative statement above, the implied "statistic"
was apparently relevant to her.

Factor in the average load factor of a fuel efficient diesal car
and an A380 and then you might have a more meaningful figure.

Meaningful in what way? Am I to infer, that you find the metric of
fuel-per-passenger-mile irrelevant?

If you look at the number of passengers, then the A380 is vastly more
efficient, because unless a car carries hundreds of passengers, you are
going to have hundreds of drivers and comparatively few passengers
compared to two pilots and hundreds passengers on the Airbus.

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:58:54 +1100, Peter wrote in
::

In article , Larry Dighera
says...
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:15:04 +0100, AJC wrote in
::

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:50:20 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:31:02 -0500, nobody wrote
in ::

Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

How many passengers would such a car carry?


Not a relevant statistic either.

Given the OP's comparative statement above, the implied "statistic"
was apparently relevant to her.

Factor in the average load factor of a fuel efficient diesal car
and an A380 and then you might have a more meaningful figure.

Meaningful in what way? Am I to infer, that you find the metric of
fuel-per-passenger-mile irrelevant?

If you look at the number of passengers, then the A380 is vastly more
efficient, because unless a car carries hundreds of passengers, you are
going to have hundreds of drivers and comparatively few passengers
compared to two pilots and hundreds passengers on the Airbus.

More efficient in fuel-per-passenger-mile? Doubtful.