Knoxibus From France, joined Aug 2007, 133 posts, RR: 17 Posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 14827 times:
I know some of the nutters would say that they are tired of seeing a new thread about A380, but 5 minutes ago, the 4 tests aircraft A380 MSN 001, MSN 002, MSN 004 & MSN 009 just did a formation fly-by above the TLS aiport here at 11.00 AM.
Can you imagine the noise of those four beasts just flying over?
We can hope for some pictures soon.
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Toulouse From Ireland, joined Apr 2005, 2664 posts, RR: 60 Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 14715 times:
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I was driving southerly towards Toulouse airport around 9:45 this morning and just as I was approaching Aéroconstellation saw one take off, then when parallel with Aéroconstellation saw a second one, then as I took the exit (for E Leclerc) I saw the third one and as I took the back road down towards the airport (near carpark P5) saw the fourth one on take off roll in front of me. What a site! Amazingly I managed not to crash the car while looking at these beasts take to the sky! What a site.
Manzoori From Christmas Island, joined Sep 2002, 1499 posts, RR: 50 Reply 5, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 14672 times:
Great post Knoxibus and thanks for the photo Jonathan-I!!!
So... how was the noise of 16 Trent 900s? (i've not checked so I'm guessing they were all Trent powered!)
Cheers!
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Beaucaire From Syria, joined Sep 2003, 5252 posts, RR: 40 Reply 7, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 14518 times:
Merci beaucoup !!!
Superbe picture - I would have wanted to hear that sound as well ....
Those moments make you understand why we are aviation freaks !
WINGS From Portugal, joined May 2005, 2781 posts, RR: 75 Reply 11, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 14253 times:
WOW. What a wonderful sight. After yesterdays landing gear sensor mishap this formation seems to give a clear indication that all is running smoothly with testing.
Just out of curiosity can anyone spot which A380 is equipped with EA engines?
Atnight From Ecuador, joined Dec 2005, 520 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 14253 times:
Great Picture!! I always wanted a picture like that.... just amazing!!! It won't be something common to see 4 A380s in the air at the same time in formation, so that picture is worth a lot!!! Thanks for sharing... I just wish there were more pictures and a video of it as well... please post the pictures if you have any!
Gh123 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 13227 times:
Quoting Jonathan-l (Reply 8): Jonathan-l From France, joined Mar 2002, 144 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted Wed Aug 30 2006 11:55:16 UTC+2 and read 1213 times:
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13606 posts, RR: 25 Reply 23, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 13169 times:
Oh how cute!
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OldAeroGuy From United States, joined Dec 2004, 2818 posts, RR: 61 Reply 24, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 13169 times:
Quoting Thorben (Reply 18): The test programm is picking up some speed, isn't it.
It needs to if the A380 is going to deliver in 2006.
Only 123 days to go.
Airplane design is easy, the difficulty is getting them to fly - Barnes Wallis
Charliejag1 From United States, joined Aug 2006, 238 posts, RR: 0 Reply 25, posted (3 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 12965 times:
Wake turbulence is minimal when the plane is clean (gear and flaps) and going faster than Vref or so. What really causes wake turbulence is full flaps and low speeds. As gh123 mentioned, if there was any wake turbulence, it would travel down and outward from the wingtips, so there would be no issue even if they were in slow dirty flight in formation.
26 Zudnic: Does anyone know the purpose of this formation? It wasn't clear from the FI article nor from the thread so far.
27 Aussieindc: Awww, it's a pod of whales. Got to say, the quadruplets look good.
28 PanAm92: great pictures , now if Airbus would bring one of these beauties over to JFK.
29 Lostmoon744: WOW. That is stunning indeed!!!! It’s wonderful to see them all flying about! It must have been a sight/sound to behold. Looking forward to flying i
31 Thebry: Amazing shot! I love it!! I was just thinking -- if these babies were loaded to capacity (550 pax each) we'd be looking at over 2,200 souls flying in
32 AutoThrust: OMG thats a stunning picture .... more then 1200- 2000 tons flying in formation thats really unique. I can imagine in Tolouse everybody was spotting.
33 SLCPilot: This is why open sources of information (i.e. A.net, Wiki, etc.) should always be taken with a grain of salt. The above information is incorrect, and
34 Charliejag1: Ouch! You're right. Now that I look at it again, I don't know what I was thinking. As you said, I learned that in private training and again in comme
35 MEA-707: the pictures remind me of a formation of B-52 bombers, with their huge wings. I didn't see this similarity earlier with the A-380, am I the only one?
36 SLCPilot: I thought so too, but the slats appear to be out in a few of the photos. Pictures can be very deceptive. I suspect there is likely some vertical stag
37 Charliejag1: SLC, what kind of plane were you in at the time?
39 MD80Nut: Thanks for the awesome pictures! Those A380s look way cool flying in formation. Must have been one heck of a sight in the flesh. Any chance they were
40 SLCPilot: Lead was a C-180, I was in a homebuilt aircraft, a Glastar. TO was from BTF. SLCPilot
41 Rpaillard: As far as I know, videos and photos shoting for a yet to come TV programm regarding big airliners. At least, this was reported as the aim of the show
43 Ikramerica: That's an awesome sight! How so? There is no logic to that statement...
44 N405MX: Great pictures, that´s really a BIG formation. Thanks for sharing. Saludos
45 Lightsaber: I hope Airbus not only took a lot of photos for information purposes but closely documented the weights of all four aircraft and their positions in t
47 Atnight: Do you have something personal with WINGS? I always seem to find see some funny discussions going back and forth between you two.. anyways, I believe
48 WINGS: Well if you were to read the whole thread then you would find the logic But just in case that you miss it once again Atnight explains it rather well
49 Atnight: I agree... by funny I didn't mean as in disrespectful, I just think that Ikamerica likes to discuss with you often, and you with him, all in respect
50 787engineer: Just because there's four A380s flying "close" to each other doesn't mean there's no wake vortex issue. That's just silly. Every heavy airplane has w
51 Asturias: Wow. Just wow. I still haven't seen an A380 in person. This gives me an idea what to expect. Seeing them in formation makes them seem real. Thanks for
52 Ikramerica: While the bird flying is great, I still don't see how it indicates the tests are running smoothly. It's supposed to be in Africa, and it's not, unless
53 AsstChiefMark: They should have flown an A318 with them to provide a reference of size. Mark
54 Gh123: Yeah, exaxtly. These puppies would make a GV or a Global Express look like 152s!
55 HAWK21M: This probably is the Biggest Large sized Aircraft Formation ever I guess. regds MEL
56 TEBguy: Just thought i'd point out... View Large View Medium Photo (C) French Frogs AirSlides ...it's in the db Question... why do 2 of the A380's look differ
57 ShowerOfSparks: Well the one in the center of the pic is destined for Air France, that's the new factory applied dirt scheme.
58 JAGflyer: I'm seein double here! 8 A380s? WOW is that shot ever amazing. I can't wait for one of those to fly me somewhere.
60 AutoThrust: Me neither. But do you see indications that the tests are running bad?? Any A380 disintegrating, or engine burning, or pilot cryng for help?? Why alw
61 Glideslope: Umm, has the production line re-started?
62 JoeCattoli: That's really Hilarious I didn't expect it at all!!! I saw MSN 001 in Sydney... I wish I'd have seen this formation... what a sight!!! 2200 people ca
63 Sabenapilot: The dark streak under the tail of the A380 in the middle of the formation is actually just dirt which has gathered on the belly of the all white lowe
64 PM: I don't know why they did it but it does seem like a pretty successful PR coup. An image like this (with blue skies too boot) gives out a powerful su
65 ER757: Yes - that would really have made this already impressive sight even more so. Still, it would have been an awesome thing to see in person - I envy th
66 MD-90: WOW. That makes the flyovers of campus this afternoon of 3 and 4 T-38s from Columbus AFB seem pretty tame.
67 Deputydawghere: Thanks for the pics of a great looking plane.
68 Matell: However the flyovers you experienced would've sounded much nicer. The A380 has such an un-inspiringly quiet noise.
69 WingedMigrator: You would think so. Next road convoy to Toulouse starts on the night of 04 September, with a tail, a rear fuselage, and a mid fuselage.
70 Cartoonranger: Don't you mean Emirates. I'm pretty sure Etihad are taking RR powered aircraft
71 Knoxibus: Nope, he's right, MSN 009 once testing is finished they will change the engines to RR and then retrofit it to ETD. However, I was on MSN 009 last wee
72 ABfemme: Yup I reckon you could be right ! What a superb sight. I marvelled at the photographs of only ONE of the beasts - But four in the sky together.... Br
73 Sabenapilot: Indeed, I've found it somewhat weird ever since I saw it for the first time up close on the ramp. Everything is painted the same was as on F-WWOW and
74 Jbguller: This was a fuel-saving test-flight yeh? I heard somewhere they're going to fly in formation like this all the time, especially between SYD-LAX. Slipst
75 AirbusA346: Why did they stop production?] They skid protection is fitted to all A380's I think, not just the test 1's might be wrong though. Tom.
76 Leelaw: To sort-out the wiring harness imbroglio.
77 Sabenapilot: Production was never halted, only final assembly was. The protection you refer to only protects for unwanted occasional mishaps in day to day operati
78 Atnight: Guys, check the video from airbus.com.... although the video is not good in quality (anyone knows where a good quality video can be found?), it sure l
80 Congaboy: They are a sight to see, very impressive, and IMO a great PR event...but what a waste of fuel. How many American SUV's would it take to supply the fu
81 Knoxibus: According to yesterday's Flight Test Reports, this was one of the busiest day for A380 testing. Two aircraft flew twice during the day, and the other
82 Atnight: If a company uses resources to promote sales, is not a waste, but an investment.... Yes, flying around for the fun of it is indeed a waste, yet if pi
83 Stirling: Actually PM you hit the nail on the head as it were. It is purely a demonstration of health to the naysayers of the world....and a pretty damn impres
84 Leelaw: IIRC, the original estimate of the full flight-test program of the A388 was 2,500 hours. Considering Airbus reported that 1,800 hours had already bee
85 Charliejag1: Where can I get an SUV that supplies fuel? That way, I can get the fuel from the SUV and put it in my car and save a bundle!
86 Ferret: I don't know about you guys, but that picture of them flying in tight formation is a scary sight. It looks like an invasion force!
87 Jacobin777: Thanks for the video link......that was one heck of an impressive sight..!!! Incredible! I bet when those 4 A380's were lined up, Leahy was imagining
88 ElGreco: Imagine Emirates doeing a 40 A380 flight over Dubay for a publicity showing their power!!!
89 Scouseflyer: Wahay!!! My French is rubbish (I've been looking at the site that you directed us to in April http://www.igg.fr/) but I can't work out if there's any
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