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1 posted on 10/30/2006 2:45:52 PM PST by Paul Ross

2 posted on 10/30/2006 2:47:05 PM PST by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)

Just take out 55 seats. I'm fine with that.

3 posted on 10/30/2006 2:47:05 PM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com†|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)

Airbus A380: The BIG Pig

5 posted on 10/30/2006 2:48:04 PM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com†|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)

Must be Bushes fault.

7 posted on 10/30/2006 2:51:18 PM PST by Dallas59 (Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)

Get rid of the tail section, Oh Wait....

8 posted on 10/30/2006 2:51:58 PM PST by cmsgop ( Try Miracle Grow, with New and Improved Uterus Growing Power, endorsed by Cindy Sheehan)

Captain just needs to leave his wallet.

13 posted on 10/30/2006 3:15:33 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares

Who in their right mind would want to fly with 554 people??? There are soooooo many crazies in the world.

14 posted on 10/30/2006 3:22:42 PM PST by Suzy Quzy

Just remove the "Air" and call it a bus. (Better remove the
wings too.)

15 posted on 10/30/2006 3:42:57 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)

16 posted on 10/30/2006 4:20:03 PM PST by Moose Dung (Perquacky is a fools game.)

A couple of observations.

1) Almost all aircraft end up being overweight, either on first flight, or sometime during the design phase. Some just stay that way and they live with it. (Usually a combination of living with it, and some reduction in weight)

2)While 5 tons sounds like a lot, they don't say what the target for max takeoff weight, or for that matter max dry weight, is. If it's 1000 tons, well, 5 tons isn't' much, If it's 100 tons, it's much more significant.

According to the Airbus site ( http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a380/a380/specifications.html ) the dry weight of an A380 is specified as 361 tonnes, with a max T/O weight of 560 tonnes and max ramp weight of 562 tonnes. Typical payload is listed as 66.4 tonnes. So 5 tonnes would represent a significant, but not crippling, loss of payload, but not so much a loss of fuel/range (note they allow for burning off 2 tonnes, between ramp and takeoff).

All that said, I hope Boeing rips their knickers, as I expect to happen.

17 posted on 10/30/2006 4:29:23 PM PST by El Gato

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