A380 flew into Heathrow today

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 May 2006 21:19:33 +0100, "Chris"
wrote:

Good view of the flight deck here

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0957790


WOW!

Is there a camera on the tail?

All it needs is a wooden ship's wheel. G

There is a camera on the tail, the A330 also has them and you get a good
view of the landing from the nose's point of view.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message

......It's just a tad annoying for a European to see the 380
dissed at each and every occassion with the most absurd logic just
because something that's the biggest and newest is for once not made in
the US of A.

I think you're just a tad oversensitive about this whole European thing,
Thomas. The 380 has not been "...dissed at each and every occassion...". A
few people offered the opinion that they didn't like the look. That's just
personal preference. Some folks think the early Boeings ugly, but I think
that 707/727/737 front end a thing of beauty. De Gustibus....... And I
can't see what "...most absurd logic..." you're talking about.
Additionally, that comment that "... something that's the biggest and newest
is for once not made in the US of A..." just simply has no bearing in fact.
The Antonov 225 freighter has been around for 15+ years or so, and there are
any number of gargantuan ocean vessels in service, none of which have been
made in the US. The list can go on. If you need to feel defensive about
European industry and technology for some personal reason, feel free, but
you'll have to look beyond American hubris for someone to blame.

On Fri, 19 May 2006 13:37:24 -0400, "FLAV8R"
wrote:

Ever since the US flight Attendants (stewardesses) sued the
airlines for the weight restrictions there haven't been
very many slender ones.

Fly Icelandair or Greenlandair! The girls are so lissome that they
seem to be seven feet tall.

My wife said: "That's the first time I ever saw you pay attention to a
safety briefing."

I was flying from Cork to London last Thursday, and the plane (an
Airbus 320, by the way; the seats barely reclined!) got stacked up for
half an hour because the 380 had tied up everything on the ground. And
that's just the empty plane!







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On Fri, 19 May 2006 18:34:56 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

That's
reportedly the capacity of the 380 with max density single-class
seating.


Which no one has ordered yet. Somewhere around 550 is the maximum.

If anything is certain, it is that the plane in service will pack in
all the seats possible, with the exception I suppose of a biz class
section and likely first class as well. So maybe 700, so as to wring
max money out of the Whale.

Remember the piano in the early publicity for the 747? How many
singalongs around an airborne piano have you enjoyed in recent years?



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On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:17:07 +0100, "Chris"
wrote:

Out of interest, it was a pretty windy day here today with some big gusts,

When we took off from Cork at about three o'clock, the 320 had its
right wing down so far it felt like the Piper Cub taking off on Runway
02 at Hampton airport with a strong onshore (east) wind. I've never
been in a jetliner that got moved around like that 320. My guess is 50
mph straight across the runway.



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Chris wrote:

US flight attendants are the oldest and ugliest flying, at least on the
international routes.


Seniority! The young un's (that weren't laid off post 9/11) seem to be
on the MD-88 milk runs.

My own recent experiences have shown that lots of US flight attendants
under 40 are male.

I have three cousins that have been flight attendants. The two girls
(28 & 33) are no longer employed. One was spooked into a new career,
the other got tired of commuting from Florida to NY to do low seniority
bid routes, but was eventually laid off. The guy, straight as an arrow
& 31, gets more bumper than a body shop. He's been married a few times
and has apparently found his dream career. G

Cub Driver wrote:

If anything is certain, it is that the plane in service will pack in
all the seats possible, with the exception I suppose of a biz class
section and likely first class as well. So maybe 700, so as to wring
max money out of the Whale.

Or Virgin's staterooms.

B,

Is there a camera on the tail?


Yes. Taxi assistance.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Bob,

yep, but I would expect that the "fix" be tested since the wing failed
the first test.


That's not really the way certification of these things work.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

John,

If you need to feel defensive about
European industry and technology for some personal reason, feel free, but
you'll have to look beyond American hubris for someone to blame.


Maybe I am oversensitive. Maybe not. Look up the comments regarding rudder
in this thread just as one simple example. But I'll work on it.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)