Many gates just need to be retro-fitted.

Quote: Originally posted by PacHead: Perhaps the french can sell them to the enemy. They don't need body bags though, just various "parts" bags, since their bodies are i…

Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Blur: perhaps the US military can use them though...live troops on one deck, body bags on the other. (oops...guess i should politicize t…

Quote: Originally posted by Sven G: BTW, here's an interesting A380 photo gallery; especially the following pic is interesting, as it shows a simulation of an A380 docke…

BTW, here's an interesting A380 photo gallery; especially the following pic is interesting, as it shows a simulation of an A380 docked at one of the piers/satellites at Frankfurt a…

While the Boing flying wing design is wonderful (I can't wait to see it in the skies, it's going to be a stunning plane), the idea is an old hat. The Junkers G38 flew first in 1…

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: I was thinking of something taller. you mean this big:

Quote: Originally posted by Randman: Window seats are for flying rookies. Or for those who like to sit next to the window, and be able to sleep without getting up…

With the extra leg room, people won't mind. I've taken the non-stop LA-Singapore flight and it's a dream. Economy is beter than many airlines' business class. Roomy, the seats rela…

Quote: Originally posted by mrtew: I don't see many people getting on a plane without windows down the side. I love to fly and that would give even me the fear. …

Quote: Originally posted by mrtew: Hopefully the A380 has enough safeguards built in that your prediction never comes true. What kind of safeguards? Like for examp…

Quote: Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO: Are those interiors standard or just special order ones? Plus are they even in the production versions or just co…

Quote: Originally posted by Komisar: [url]http://dfmalveaux.typepad.com/photos/travel/small_hut.jpg[/ur] I was thinking of something taller.

Quote: Originally posted by FulcrumPilot: Those chairs are shockingly ugly!

Quote: looks like the very old carton from the 40s. the mama and papa prop airplanes give birth to a jet airplane. that photo looks like the father, minus his props.

The A380 should also and above all contribute to make long-distance intercontinental flights a real mass transit system, at the same time favouring high-speed trains and their newo…

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: It's a terrorists wet dream. It just screams,"Fly me into something!"

It's a terrorists wet dream. It just screams,"Fly me into something!"

27 August 2004 A380 CUSTOMERS To date, Airbus has received 139 orders and commitments from 13 customers A380 customers to date are (by alphabetical order): Air France: 10 Emi…

What airlines have orders for it? I could See Virgin, Singapore Airlines and Emirates all taking it. In fact, at Singapore's airport, there's already plans on renovations/changes t…

Quote: Originally posted by jcadam: Let's hope Boeing gets this thing operational in the near future: http://www.aerosite.net/bwb.htm Them europeans need to be taught…

Let's hope Boeing gets this thing operational in the near future: http://www.aerosite.net/bwb.htm Them europeans need to be taught a lesson for trying to embarass us.

this is badidea's territory. Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Blur: I would think that the market for a plane that big (nice as it is) is very limited. Many carriers …

Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Blur: I would think that the market for a plane that big (nice as it is) is very limited. Many carriers now like to use smaller planes -…

one guy thats a member here is an engineer working ont he airbus 380 project. Not sure who though