AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 16245 times:
WOW nice! thankyou for sharing! looks beautiful!
edit:
well it shows how beautiful the A346 is compared to the A380 or how ugly the A380 is compared to the A346.
And even though I know the A380 is bigger than the A380, the A346 looks just as big as the A380
Keesje From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 16037 times:
Since starting test flights earlier this year, the A380 has flown over 300 hours, occasionally touching speeds close to the sound barrier, or Mach 0.95, when thrown into a test dive. MTOW V1 full braking tests are underway.
HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6473 posts, RR: 27 Reply 10, posted (7 years 8 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 15682 times:
Just great ! For me, those shots with the A346 in the foreground resemble a whale (A346) floating through oceanic waters with its cub (A380) close by (yeah I know that it should be the other way round, but the A346 is bigger in these pics).
also, in comparison the A380 appears to be much smaller than the A346, but thats only due to the 380´s bigger (and higher) fuselage which gives it a more compact appearance ...
-HT
Carpe diem ! Life is too short to waste your time ! Keep in mind, that today is the first day of the rest of your life !
N79969 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (7 years 8 months 3 days ago) and read 15410 times:
Those are truly nice photos.
Actually the best aesthetic feature of the 380 is that it makes the other Airbus family members look better when it is present in the same photo. Kind of like when women bring along their not-so-attractive friends to make themselves look better.
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 16, posted (7 years 8 months 3 days ago) and read 15343 times:
looks like the chase plane was an a319/a320 based on that wing in picture #2
and if you look closely in pic #2 you see a small chase plane in the top of the picture, so 4 aircraft were involved in this photo shooting?
Birdbrainz From United States of America, joined May 2005, 438 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (7 years 8 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 14759 times:
Quoting AirPacific747 (Reply 1): well it shows how beautiful the A346 is compared to the A380 or how ugly the A380 is compared to the A346.
I'm glad someone else thinks so. It's funny, I think the 318 looks extremely cute, but the 380, well, ahhh. I think it's the mid-height cockpit, for starters.
A good landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is if the aircraft can be flown again.
27 Geo772: TCAS works on closure rate as well as distance so they could well have had it turned on, or set to Traffic Advisory only mode rather than Resolution A
28 Airbuff: Wow...Not that I am really an airbus fan, I have to admit that I love that A346. The 340's in my opinion are the nicest looking planes out there.
29 Jacobin777: I wonder if these are the same pics from the link which I started a few months ago... WOW...A380 And A318 Flying Side-by-side!
30 AA87: I have to vote with the 340 too. Just beautiful, plain and simple. That said, A380-600, anyone ?
32 Lando: The A340 does look very nice. The A380 is just plain ugly right now. I dont like how the nose is shaped, otherwise it is an awesome plane.
33 ThereAndBack: I think I am the only one here who likes the way the A380 looks. I even like the nose... over all it is such a cool plane.
34 N79969: Nice to hear. As they say, "Fat girls need lovin' too"
35 Mandrake: It is unfortunate that the photo is controversial re its origins. I see it as a missed opportunity if the two were actually flying together. Greatest
36 SATX: Excellent photos, and I'm glad to hear such positive remarks about the 346, which just happens to be my favorite plane regarding exterior looks.
37 KLM685: Hey there!! Amazing pictures!!!!!! I dream of being on one of those A380 flying over such beautiful landscapes and living a fantasy many of us have. T
38 AirPacific747: I second that. It also gives the A380 a big forehead which doesn't look good, but I understand that it is more aerodynamic to make it look the way it
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