Airbus may end up grounded if superjumbo fails to take off

New Zealand Herald | November 23, 2006 | Michael Harrison

[Zakeet]

You can read the article by clicking here.

[Thebaddog]

Schadenfreude alert!

[Dan(9698)]

There must be a lot more than "wiring" to delay construction.

The freighter version would not have the wiring to seats that they explain, as the problem.

I think it is more the 5 tons overweight that is the problem.

It reduces either the payload or fuel enough that it won't work in the proposed applications.

[Paleo Conservative]

The delays of the A380 threaten the
future of Airbus. Picture / Reuters

If you want on or off my aerospace ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.

[COEXERJ145]

Airbus won't go down. Unlike Boeing, their losses are covered by the taxpayers.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

LOL, when I first saw your photo, with the fisheye character of the nose of the plane, it looked to me like something had laid a giant egg.

[steveegg]

Airbus won't go down. Unlike Boeing, their losses are covered by the taxpayers.

So all of OldEurope sinks with Airbust. It's not like they've been particularily useful in stopping the Islamokazis.

[rottndog]

Unlike Boeing, their losses are covered by the taxpayers Eurosuckers.

Corrected!

[Zetman]

I think it is more the 5 tons overweight that is the problem.

I thought that I read in a different article posted on FR in the past week that Airbus had solved the weight problem.

[goldstategop]

They sunk a lot of money in the plane and if they can't get enough orders for the AB 380, the fallout may be the least of Airbus's problems.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Paleo Conservative]

Here's what Jaques Chirac said about it the A380 when it was laungched. I am quoting the quote from the article. That should be covered under fair use.

This veritable ocean liner of the sky will go down in history like the Concorde.

Jaques Chirac

[dalereed]

"I thought that I read in a different article posted on FR in the past week that Airbus had solved the weight problem."

The frogs wil probably solve that problem by posting a no passanger over 100# admited.

[Dan(9698)]

...Airbus had solved the weight problem

What did they do?

Must have left off the vertical tail and solved the problem of it falling off in flight.

[SW6906]

" I thought that I read in a different article posted on FR in the past week that Airbus had solved the weight problem."

I'd be interested if you can find this article and ping me to it as I am in the industry and I had not heard this yet. I'm in the camp of believers that this is the real problem, not some "wiring problems". It is not easy (or cheap) to wring five tons out of a design this late in the game.

[Zetman]

This veritable ocean liner of the sky will go down in history like the Concorde.

Perhaps he should have used a phrase other than "go down" !!

[4rcane]

to chirac, concorde's history is something to be proud of.

[ZOOKER]

Could this be the article you seek?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1741805/posts

Read it carefully, because they claim to have a solution but never specify what or how. Later on in the article the tense changes from present to future, as in "will have solved". I think they're assuming and hoping more than solving...

[Libertarianize the GOP]

The full article is already posted on FR

The A380 superjumbo: The white elephant ^
Posted by Paul Ross
On General/Chat ^ 11/22/2006 3:21:05 PM PST · 11 replies · 327+ views

The Independent ^ | November 22, 2006 | Michael Harrison

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1742872/posts