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Airbus A380 Super Jumbo Flying Titanic Set For Maiden Flight (10:30 AM Paris Time)
ATS Swiss News Agency
| April 27, 2005
Posted on 04/27/2005 12:41:16 AM PDT by HAL9000
France: first take-off for the A380 Airbus
Toulouse-blagnac - the Airbus A380, the giant plane of the European manufacturer, should take its first take-off of Toulouse-Blagnac this morning. Larger apparatus of line of the world, it is able to transport between 555 and 800 passengers according to the versions.
The flight will not take place, towards 10h30, only if the visibility is perfect and that if the wind is not violent. The takeoff of A380, the most critical phase of the flight, is in addition interdict in direction of the town of Toulouse.
The Toulouse factories of Airbus and the registered office of the European manufacturer will stop their activities to allow the some 12 000 paid present to be pilot takeoff of their "child". Elsewhere in France and Europe, the teams of Airbus will be able to observe the flight on screens or Internet site of the manufacturer.
With the accesses of the airport one counted already Tuesday evening of the hundreds of vehicles, in particular of the camp-site bus sometimes come by far, parked with the accesses of the tracks not to lose a crumb of the spectacle. Nearly 50 000 people on the whole are waited around the site to admire takeoff. The flight should last a few hours, in direction of the Pyrenees.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: a380; airbus; flyingtitanic; france; superjumbo; trade
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:41:17 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:45:59 AM PDT
by
kingattax
To: HAL9000
That's in 45 minutes, right?
To: Larry Lucido
ABC Radio said the flight will takeoff at the top of the hour.
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:47:20 AM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Matthew 16:18)
To: HAL9000
Wow that's bizarre: a Robert Fulton styled steam power locomotive jet.
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:49:29 AM PDT
by
raygun
To: kingattax
Wow, that's weird, the smoke stack retracts. It would seem that the steam must be under very high pressure for it to shoot up that high in the slip stream.
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:52:55 AM PDT
by
raygun
To: kingattax
That's probably to make it more aerodynamic, huh?
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:56:01 AM PDT
by
raygun
To: HAL9000
How does one say, "DUCK!" in French?
(Sorry. Couldn't keep it in.)
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:58:36 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: HAL9000
A possible link for live video -
www.itele.fr
Click "Le Direct" for the video stream. It's in French, of course.
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:01:56 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: RandallFlagg
The local trees are worried...
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:02:04 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:05:47 AM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Remember when conservatives embraced the rule of law? (Do ya?))
To: HAL9000
Also covered live on CNN International.
Its cool stuff, I'm a plane geek.
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:07:34 AM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Remember when conservatives embraced the rule of law? (Do ya?))
To: Central Scrutiniser
Thanks for the link.
Unfortunately, DirecTV dropped CNN International a few months ago. I was going to check Bloomberg TV and CNBC Europe.
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:10:08 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:12:05 AM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Remember when conservatives embraced the rule of law? (Do ya?))
To: HAL9000
Charter Cable has it on CNBC - Their Europe financial news will show it live.
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:12:22 AM PDT
by
alpo
To: alpo
Yup, CNBC World is covering it live.
To: HAL9000
I have to re-connect every few minutes, it goes from 269K stream to 20!
Its taxi-ing now.
I just read that the IL62M has a flight crew of 6 in the cockpit! Not a fun plane to fly on, I had the "pleasure" once....
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:17:19 AM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Remember when conservatives embraced the rule of law? (Do ya?))
To: HAL9000
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posted on
04/27/2005 1:17:22 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: HAL9000
To: BigSkyFreeper
Earlier the CNBC World reporter said this flight will be 200-300 km (124-186 miles).
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