MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 8702 times:
Any Concorde landing was a sight to see. Everywhere in the world they went, the whilte ladies turned many people's heads. Concorde was the Queen of the Skies.
An A380 landing is a non-event.
Quoting WINGS (Reply 1): The A380 is always a great sight to see, and it will without a doubt turn many heads in the future
[Edited 2007-06-01 13:53:37]
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
WINGS From Portugal, joined May 2005, 2831 posts, RR: 70 Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 8653 times:
Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 2): Any Concorde landing was a sight to see. Everywhere in the world they went, the white ladies turned many people's heads. Concorde was the Queen of the Skies.
You wrote well ''turned''. Now the Queen has surrendered her thrown to the new King of the skies.
EI321 From Iraq, joined Jul 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 8633 times:
Quoting WINGS (Reply 3): Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 2):
Any Concorde landing was a sight to see. Everywhere in the world they went, the white ladies turned many people's heads. Concorde was the Queen of the Skies.
You wrote well ''turned''. Now the Queen has surrendered her thrown to the new King of the skies.
VinnieWinnie From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 727 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 8623 times:
Can't watch the video! Get a red-light green- dark green screen instead of the image! Sound is ok though! Can anyone help?
Alphafloor From Chile, joined Jun 2004, 1277 posts, RR: 45 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 8550 times:
Very nice landing !
Actually, I was surprised by the knowledge of the TV journalist (according to some specific aviation terms he used). He really knows what is talking about !
KL911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4977 posts, RR: 14 Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 8472 times:
Quoting Alphafloor (Reply 7): Actually, I was surprised by the knowledge of the TV journalist (according to some specific aviation terms he used). He really knows what is talking about !
Yep, me too. Doesn't happen that often nowadays.... That guy must be an airliners.net freak as well.
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Francoflier From France, joined Oct 2001, 3195 posts, RR: 10 Reply 14, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 8222 times:
Quoting Alphafloor (Reply 7): He really knows what is talking about !
Sorry, the comments are simply stupid. Even though the commentator knows what a short final and reverser is, it is still very childish. He comments the landing as if it was still a dangerous maneuver with an unproven prototype... Which would be kind of worrying, as it is supposed to fly passengers in a few months now.
On the second video with the water salute, he interviews the SQ representative, asking him how SQ was lucky enough to get the first airframe, "especially since so many competitors are fighting to get it"
He might know a thing or 2 about aircrafts, this is still typical sensationalist aviation journalism to me.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit posting...
AV8AJET From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1265 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 8105 times:
Does the A380 only use the inboard reversers for landing? Are the outer engines capable of reverse?
PropilotJW From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 585 posts, RR: 7 Reply 18, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 8044 times:
thanks for posting this video! What a great landing of the A380
B777A340Fan From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 749 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 7883 times:
Why did Airbus take so long to bring the A380 to CDG? I would've thought it would be the first place it would go.... And was it a "kiss" landing? I couldn't tell exactly...
Breiz From France, joined Mar 2005, 1808 posts, RR: 2 Reply 22, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 7756 times:
Quoting B777A340Fan (Reply 20): And was it a "kiss" landing? I couldn't tell exactly...
In nowadays safety hysteria, you can seldom experienced a kiss landing on an airliner. Pilots are asked to smack the plane on the runway, ensuring that no rebond may occur with potential tripping out. The consequence is that passengers are thrown a bit forward.
A kiss landing on the contrary, is a gentle tangenting of the planet during which you hardly notice the transition between flying and rolling.
Another forbidden exercise is the 3-point landing, where the 3 undercarriages touch the ground at the same time. It is anyway quite difficult, I think, with modern airliners (Aaah, give me a DC-4).
Khobar From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2379 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 7687 times:
Was the wind blowing hard or something? This is the third "wavy-gravy" A380 landing I've seen, and with a previous hard landing in wind at FRA, IIRC (enough to knock the O2 masks out) and a bit of fish-tail at LAX, it just seems a bit surprising.
Jabar From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 34 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 7282 times:
Quoting Francoflier (Reply 14): Sorry, the comments are simply stupid. Even though the commentator knows what a short final and reverser is, it is still very childish. He comments the landing as if it was still a dangerous maneuver with an unproven prototype... Which would be kind of worrying, as it is supposed to fly passengers in a few months now.
On the second video with the water salute, he interviews the SQ representative, asking him how SQ was lucky enough to get the first airframe, "especially since so many competitors are fighting to get it"
He might know a thing or 2 about aircrafts, this is still typical sensationalist aviation journalism to me.
Couldn't agree more. Throw in a few buzz words picked-up on A.net and suddenly your an expert (that goes for most of us here ).
Even worse, the guy is bold enough to say that since SQ will get the first 4 A380s, the 1st one delivered in Oct., Airbus is therefore "true to its original commitment" ("respect des engagements" in French). He carefully ignores the fact that Abus is months behind schedule....
But anything having to do with EADS is highly sensitive in today's French political climate.
25 Longhaulheavy: The real news is that the A380 was so disgusted with the facilities at CDG that it flew itself back to Toulouse.
26 BlackKnight: I do not think she meant on radar.
27 Francoflier: Well, LCI is the french Fox News after all...
28 Levg79: Nice job done by the CDG file brigade. They should do it to every single AF plane flying out of CDG. That way the AF image in public (or a.net) opini
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