The Airbus A380 is one impressive bird, but you're unlikely to have flown on one yet, unless you've flown with Air France or something. That might change now that BA's got one, and boy does it look damn awesome in red, white and blue. Now, where did I put that lottery ticket? Time to win me some dosh so I can go trans-Atlantic cruising in first class. [BA] Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"on the 747 its 2-2 upstairs (and amazing) but then I guess this is a much larger plane overall so it make sense that they're cramming a few more seats..." More »
This beautiful shot was made for the first episode of Richard Hammond's: Engineering Connections, which was dedicated to the Airbus A380. Apparently, wind tunnels can look like the lair of the wicked witch in an old Disney animation movie. Read More >>
Featured comment by JamesH:
"I hope you didn't expect them to go into a detailed explanation of how a wing works...everyone knows it is magic!
http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/to..." More »
I know that the Airbus A380 is a titan, a winged colossus, the biggest passenger airliner in the world and all that. But this pictured taken at LAX—showing an Air France A380 taxiing by a Boeing 737-900—really shows its flabbergasting dimensions. Read More >>
Featured comment by DoghouseReilly:
"Are you saying we should have faith in Jesus? Talk about preachy...
(I amuse myself and that's all that matters)" More »
Airbus's fleet of A380s has been beleaguered by problems with cracks in their wings since January. Now, the company has announced that they could all be grounded for up to eight weeks in order to repair the problems. Read More >>
Featured comment by tw@panda:
"I don't see it as risky, just more exciting. You'll either turn up at your destination in one piece or you'll be smeared across a field, just like the..." More »
A team of Australian engineers are concerned about cracks that they've found in the wings of some A380s. But why is Airbus doing nothing about it? Read More >>
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