Thursday, September 25, 2008

Thursday Challenge

The A380 AIRBUS had come to Mumbai airport in May2007 on a demo flight. Had then managed to get a picture of the world's largest aircraft.
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, an EADS subsidiary. The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse, France and made its first commercial flight on 25 October 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during much of its development phase, but the nickname Superjumbo has since become associated with it.
The A380's upper deck extends along almost the entire length of the fuselage, and its width is equivalent to that of a widebody aircraft. This allows for a cabin with 50% more floor space than the next-largest airliner, the Boeing 747-400 and provides seating for 525 people in standard three-class configuration or up to 853 people in all economy class configuration. The A380 is offered in passenger and freighter versions. The A380-800, the passenger model, is the largest passenger airliner in the world, but has a shorter fuselage than the Airbus A340-600 which is Airbus' next biggest passenger aeroplane.

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13 comments:

  1. i dont know how safe i feel flying on one of those...

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  2. When I saw the topic of the week, my first idea was Airbus A380, but since I don't have any photographs about it (or Boeing 747 on that matter...), I had to go to amusement park and ferris wheels.
    These A380's look like real monster. I wonder if we ever see them in Finland. At least first news about A380 claimed that it would be too big for our airports.

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  3. je rêve de faire un voyage sur cet avion, cela doit être superbe. belle photo de ce monstre aérien.

    I dream to travel on the aircraft, it must be superb. beautiful picture of this monster air.

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  4. Fantastic pic. Too bad our airport can't handle those behemoths

    Cheers

    http://reginainpictures.blogspot.com

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  5. I don't enjoy flying at the best of times and I don't know how comfortable I would feel flying in the Airbus but I suppose, like everything, it become the norm!! fantastic photo all the same. take care, love Judyx

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  6. Your entry sure is LARGE too! You've got an interesting blog. Lots of variety:)

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  7. Merci du passage et du commentaire

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  8. Good shot quite close. Qantas just had their first one arrive this week in Sydney. I may get out to the airport to see it before it goes into full service.

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  9. We saw its first flight on TV - made take-off look deceptively easy. I would have to see it in the real world to really appreciat it.

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  10. It is so big, perfect for thursdays theme.

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  11. It is so big, perfect for thursdays theme.

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  12. i dont know how safe i feel flying on one of those...

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