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How Airbus’s A380 Went From Wonder to Blunder
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| 19 Feb 2018
| Robert Wall
Posted on 02/19/2019 6:32:53 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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Interesting post mortem of the late A380.
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:32:53 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Ego trip for wannabe Euro-businesspersons.
Look at us! 50 years after Boeing created the 747, we made something even bigger!
Of course, Boeing made a great big airplane, and we made a great big pile of excrement, but I still feel like a boss, so it’s all good!
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:37:37 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:38:00 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The one and only time I rode on an Airbus product was enough for me. On the takeoff roll in Munich the thing shook so bad that pieces of it fell off.
I don’t know how it got into the air, but after it got airborne I came to the realization that it must return to the earth. It was a LONG flight.
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:40:13 PM PST
by
Bitman
To: Bitman
I like Airbus but I never flew on the A380. I think the A330 series is pretty sleek. Not sure if I flew on that one either but it must be a smooth ride.
To: DUMBGRUNT
How about all the airports that had to build special loading ramps for the A380.
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:46:12 PM PST
by
Texas resident
(Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
To: freedumb2003
Copy the title, paste into google search, click on link.
Viola, you can read the article in full.
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:47:46 PM PST
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: C210N
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:48:16 PM PST
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Any mention of the burden on airports that needed to reinforce runways, taxiways, new terminals, etc?
Should have forced Airbus to pay for all that.
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:51:19 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use and racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
To: Bitman
I don’t know how it got into the air, but after it got airborne I came to the realization that it must return to the earth. I only worry about the take off, because once that's been successful I know I'll eventually be back on the ground.
One way or another...
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:53:21 PM PST
by
null and void
(If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
To: doorgunner69
Any mention of the burden on airports that needed to reinforce runways, taxiways, new terminals, etc?
Surprisingly it did not come up?
Not even in the comments.
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posted on
02/19/2019 6:54:47 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
To: Steely Tom
It was a bad bet that airlines would want to fly fewer flights to a limited number of hubs.
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:14:11 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use and racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
It was a bad bet that airlines would want to fly fewer flights to a limited number of hubs. European elites are real good at fighting the last war. Just look at the history of the Maginot line.
It's the inbreeding that does it.
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:16:42 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: DUMBGRUNT
I saw a couple them parked at gates at the Paris airport in 2014. They didn’t seem that big to me.
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:21:27 PM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
It is all about fuel burn per seat mile. Click on the link to see the stats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#Long-haul_flights
The A380 had inferior fuel burn to the 747, the 777 and it is not even close to the 787. In addition if you can not fill that monster up with passengers its fuel burn per seat mile is obscene.
The A380 is a technological marvel. It is an economic disaster due to a state run business designing airplanes instead of market forces.
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:22:02 PM PST
by
cpdiii
( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: C210N
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:46:28 PM PST
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freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:46:41 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: DUMBGRUNT
[How Airbus’s A380 Went From Wonder to Blunder]
It was frightening the smaller aircraft:
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posted on
02/19/2019 7:49:36 PM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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