I heard the Ghost of Howard Hughes was seen in the plane on its first flight and that although it went a bit further than the Spruce Goose it is still as big a boondoggle.
Surprised?
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If Singapore Airlines has only one airport this thing can land on, it's going to be a very expensive sightseeing vehicle.
Nice try Airbus, but no thanks.
I certainly hope US taxpayers won't be soaked to provide room for this dinosaur to land at our airports. Any airport authority that comes up with that bright idea should be fired immediately.
SA is probably "renegotiating" the deal now...getting better terms...they have AI over a barrel..
I believe that there is a difference between the 747 when it was introduced and the A380 today.
The 747's and size and passenger capacity dictated some changes in Airports that would use it, BUT the 747 was an end toward which the commercial aviation industry was headed since the production of the commercial 4 engine in the late '30's that became the B-17.
In the more than 3 decades since it's introduction neither Boeing or anyone else has thought one-upping the 747 a good idea (though they have probably looked into it). That took the Frogs and their nutty desire to put the US in the shade in a cutting edge industry. These are the geniuses who built the Concord for the same stupid reason.
The EU is betting that bigger will be better. This question will be answered in a few very short years.
Airbus A380 and Microsoft Longhorn; separated at birth?