Impressive A380 image - re-posted from facebook
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I got really lucky and got to go Business on the top deck of one once - something I'd never have done with my own money - I had a window seat on the wing and I just remember looking out and thinking "f
k me that's big" and having one of those slightly weird moments where I was trying to balance the delight of where I was with bewilderment at the physics of how that thing was going to get off the ground.
k me that's big" and having one of those slightly weird moments where I was trying to balance the delight of where I was with bewilderment at the physics of how that thing was going to get off the ground.T_S_M said:
Flown on an Etihad A380 a few times now and they're awesome things. Made the Dreamliner feel like an old bus in comparison.
Done London-Singapore a fair bit, always tried to get on an A380, was even able to do business a few times and on SQ's A380s the top deck is entirely business. They really are a great plane. 787 Squeezeliners are just cheap and nasty, even compared to older planes. The only way they could be profitable is by ramming in as many seats as possible. Not even Singapore can make them decent.
butchstewie said:
I got really lucky and got to go Business on the top deck of one once - something I'd never have done with my own money - I had a window seat on the wing and I just remember looking out and thinking "fk me that's big" and having one of those slightly weird moments where I was trying to balance the delight of where I was with bewilderment at the physics of how that thing was going to get off the ground.
Me too, just the once (round trip). It was flying back from Hong Kong with BA. For a variety of very dull reasons, I felt actually quite anxious and focussed on getting home for a couple of days before.k me that's big" and having one of those slightly weird moments where I was trying to balance the delight of where I was with bewilderment at the physics of how that thing was going to get off the ground.A slightly different set of reactions for me though. There was something immensely calming about being on that plane, it being a BA flight with the typically professional BA pilot making you feel almost at home already.
When The Boy was thinking about what to do after finishing school, we went to a careers event at Airbus Broughton. It was held in the A380 building and you could go on a walkway looking down on the line for the wings. It was the size of them that got me as having never been that close to an A380.
LHRFlightman said:
The A380 wings are actually designed for the never built, stretched version. Hence why they look so huge.
I think it's a graceful thing and an absolute delight to fly on.
It’s reasonably well thought of as being surprisingly quiet. We are lucky enough to have flown in F and J on BA’s A380 fleet. They are quieter but Club/J is the old Yang/Yang seating which don’t work for me unfortunately….. I think it's a graceful thing and an absolute delight to fly on.
I always go for a couple of walks through the whole aircraft and they are absolutely bl00dy massive! The density of folk in Economy is incredible but funnily enough, our last couple of A380 flights weren’t anywhere near full in Eco and most had loads of room to stretch out and even lie down!!!
I had to lie to the Mrs the first time we flew on one as she just cannot get her head around ‘that massive bulk’ flying….
LHRFlightman said:
The A380 wings are actually designed for the never built, stretched version. Hence why they look so huge.
I think it's a graceful thing and an absolute delight to fly on.
Indeed. Same reason it has the same approach speeds as an A320.I think it's a graceful thing and an absolute delight to fly on.
It’s a delight to operate, too. There won’t be anything like it again, which is a great shame.
If anyone’s got any nerdy 380 questions, feel free to throw them at me and I’ll do my best to answer them.
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