"Greg Farris" wrote in message
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In article TM6ce.30985$NU4.10589@attbi_s22,
says...



Interesting. I read somewhere that it's actually rather "light on its
feet"
because it has so many wheels...



Apparently so. Runways in france have recently required extensive
reinforcement to accommodate the B777-300 - works which were apparently
not
mandated for the A380.

G Faris


The Max Takeoff weight of the 777-300 is 660,000#s the A380 is 1,235,000.

Maybe the reason the work was not mandated for the A380 is that there is
only one flying