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Posted on 07/31/2006 5:54:07 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
I hope the wings don't break off!
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Oh! The Hugh Manatee!
Who would want to fly with 500 people?? There are soooooo many nuts in the world the chances of running into one on a plane this size is astronomical!!
Day-ham, and I thought the Mercury 7 had the 'right stuff'!
Aluminum Goose sighting!!
Plus, it's a European plane. If somebody stormed the cockpit of an Air France it would play out like this:
Le pilot: We surrender!
Le hijaquer: Wait...I'm not even armed.
They're building that plane for an economic model that was obsolete before the plane was even on the drawing boards.
what kind of nut wants to screw with 499 people? The days of a nut with a bomb taking over a plane are long gone. Richard Reid looked like he took a royal arse kicking before he landed. The radical Islamist that starts up next to me on a plane will say "I have a ...." before he finds a ball point pen in his voicebox
There are soooooo many nuts in the world the chances of running into one on a plane this size is astronomical!!
Headline AFP.
119 Saudi terrorists today commandeered a French A380 jet liner......more to follow.
1st class stretched seat (flat bed seat style). Offering about a third more seating and far more available floor space than its closest competitor, the A380 will have wider seats and aisles, open spaces for passengers to stretch their legs and access to lower-deck amenities.
A380 will be the most spacious passenger plane. There will be room on the lower deck for shops, bars, restaurants and casinos.
Luxury sleeping compartments. The A380 will typically seat 555 passengers in three classes, although only a fortunate few will enjoy the sort of luxury shown in this mock-up.
What happened with the failed wing test, why are they allowed to keep doing flight tests until the wing problem is resolved?
'The programme enables early feedback'
Duh-Was that a SAM Jethro?
Who are the passengers? Condemned criminals?
I guess they fixed it. I'm a pretty big fan of aviation, but I guess I just haven't been keeping up with the A380. I just think that it's kind of big and overpriced.
"Around 300 of the passengers will be Airbus staff, and the remainder will be "other guests", says Airbus."
Wondering if those people are employees they would like to terminate but government rules won't let them?
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