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A380, this is the first prototype. will hold ~550 pax on two decks, into service 2006. jeezus it's massive (i had to crop the shit out of it just to make it size) |
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fuck, no pic |
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that scares me |
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looks like a big tube to me bud |
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I wish I there was a house that looked like that. |
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No way is that going to fly! It hasn't even got wings + if you were the piolet you'd have to put loads of jumpers on it'd be freezing! |
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i wish i there also |
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couple more pics can be found here: |
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they're getting close to final assembly of prototype #1. This is the central sections, the wings will attatched on the far left of the pic, most of which i cropped off. |
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That's pretty fucking big. |
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nerd lol that is one big mother of a plane though ! |
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ya'll know 747s the big planes with the hump on the front? those seat ~412 pax in typical seating. 550 on this, with tons of room to stretch the plane, we should see 800+ in 10 years or so. |
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shouldn't they perfect one deck airplanes first. last time i checked we are still having plane crashes |
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this is what it will look like when done. |
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generally planes are fairly large as they have to have people in them |
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doesnt look very big to me, compared to your typical toy airplane, it is quite gargantous |
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sweet ! I'll drive ! |
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You can't perfect aeroplanes or anything else for that matter. Probability of failure in any system or construction is 100%. |
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how come there aren't concords crashing very often. if i'm not mistaken they've only had one crash |
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239 feet long ~80 feet high 261 foot wingspan (2x the distance covered by the first powered flight) 1.2million pounds 4 engines @ 70,000lbs of thrust each! |
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Concorde ceased operations October 24. |
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lol |
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Do you like planes BlatantEcho? |
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they ceased operations because they're putting them in an airplane blender and coming out with an A380 |
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I bet with all this space you'll still be cramped like fuck in the sodding thing. |
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Commerical Aviation is my #1 hobby/passion |
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well, waiting for bags with 500 other people shouldn't be fun, but the interior size is a bit wider than a 747-400, yet they will fit the same number of seats accross. so it will be 3-4-3, with about a foot extra width. Seat pitch (distance between seats front to back) is dependent on the airline, but should be 32in-33in (standard) |
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if god had meant us to fly he wouldnt have invented french air traffic control |
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Have you seen those little peg things you can attatch to the chair of the person in front of you, It makes it so they can't lean back into your space.. |
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the good thing about this new development, it'll give action hero's more space to work with new ideas- when the big airplane battle occurs, y'know... |
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don't get me started on those fuckers in Y class (economy) that recline into your lap. Aircraft enthusiasts consider it bad taste, everyone in the cheap seats has little enough room as it keeps, keep your seat forward and shut your mouth =) |
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Extra width will be a nice touch :) Leg space would be a nice touch, An extra inch or two would be perfect! |
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again, these are all user airline specific, but the designs are in place to generally give 3-4-3 seating on the main deck. if all goes well, this might mean each seat will get it's own arm-rests, something that would greatly ease the congestion feeling, especially with 549 other people around you! |
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Given that there were only 12 in service that's not very reassuring :P |
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Where can I get one of those? I always get some irritating cunt in front who thinks that becasue they can stretch their legs out they have the right to push their seat back at force. I feel it my duty to smack their chair forward at high volume if I've asked them 10 times, nicely, to not put their seat back. But anyway, yes, where can I get those pegs please? I'm flying to New Zealand next year and I'm not relishing the thought of being cramped. |
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I'll have a look... |
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we need something to replace barry manilow now he's retired |
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It would. indeed. Hopefully they realise that people would actually prefer to have room to move their bodies naturally. I considered going 1st class on my flight. Then I found out that it would cost me 7times more than I was paying already. I can't afford £7,000 for a fucking flight! |
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all i know if this huge ass airplane starts to go down, i hope it has like a back up system. the upper half of the airplane splits from the lower half, like an ejectors seat, as for the lower half, they have a large parachute and land softely on the ocean |
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yeah, after the AF crash a few years ago, the concorde went from statistically safest, to most unsafe, in one day. So few number of flights, it is impossible to compare. The Concorde had had a few failures before that caused the crash, but they weren't as catasrophic in the past. grand mechanical failure :( |
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Cheers :D |
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get some nice american person here to post you it... |
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It's a shame about Concorde. The way I see it is that basically BA were being selfish and saying that they weren't going to have Concorde so no-one else will. Maybe I read it wrong. |
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yeah, that is what Richard Branson would have you think =) The company that made the spares, basically said, we can't afford to make parts anymore for these things. Airlines had no choice, you can only cannabalize so many planes in such a limited fleet. Damn shame, most advanced plane in the air was 40+ years old. We won't see Supersonic transport again for a long time :( |
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Nice :) I was thinking of asking recycle and offering him the $10 for premium membership to do it but it says@ now shipoping internationally. Nice, Thanks for that Jivver :) |
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Now THAT makes more sense. It's a shame still. My mate works for BA as an engineer. Don't know what he does to them though. |
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you're telling me this new big plane will be nice, but more of the same, just on a bigger scale. we need supersonic, but for now Big is In! |
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You're too good :) |
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I read about some supersonic plane that was faster than concorde using some new engine. This was about two years ago and they said it would be around int 2010. It sounded impressive but it was a small article in the paper. Hypersonic was used I think.. |
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