[Paleo Conservative]

You wouldn't beieve how stupid the design of this air bridge is. It is high enough for a 747's tail to pass under but not an A380. I can't post the pictures here but here are some links to an thread and pictures hosted on another website.

[Paleo Conservative]

Here are the links.

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2115367/

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/794504/M/

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/794503/M/

[Daus]

It is high enough for a 747's tail to pass under but not an A380.

Can you imagine if a 747 pilot got a little aggressive throttling up the engines after passing through this thing? It would throw glass for about a mile. :)

[Paleo Conservative]

Ping!

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[N. Theknow]

Chicago O'Hare had the same idea and figured a tunnel made more sense.

No beautiful airport scenery to observe, but then again, the best scenery in any airport is people watching.

[antiRepublicrat]

Why didn't they just go underground? Half of Frankfurt Int'l is underground.

[Salgak]

Hmm, not big enough for an A380. Other airports don't want to build to support the A380.

I love it, when a plan comes together (evil grin)

[Moose4]

Yeah, but are there any plans for Gatwick to support A380s at all, or will they all be over at Heathrow?

Nice-looking structure, if a bit impractical. An underground tunnel would've made more sense, but then you can't show it off to the public and the government and use it to try and get MORE money!

}:-)4

[PAR35]

You wouldn't beieve how stupid the design of this air bridge is.

That's why most major airports use tunnels instead of bridges.

[Guillermo]

You wouldn't beieve how stupid the design (is)"

LOL, you could say that about a lot of airport...I have flown in and out of Atlanta Hartsfield many times to know this.

[Martin Wellbourne]

"Mr Darling said: "This bridge will make it easier for passengers to pass through the airport while reducing the airport's impact on the environment." "

How does this reduce environmental impact?

[GOP_1900AD]

I guess they don't want 380s there at Gatwick. To be honest, most of what flies in and out of there is non jumbo. The exception being the odd 747 or 777 flying to MSP or Dallas.