macc From Austria, joined Nov 2004, 971 posts, RR: 3 Posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 5927 times:
havent seen any post about this:
LH has received its 2nd 380. Part of the baptising ceremony (name is München) was a 90 minutes flight for PAX around the alps starting at MUC. Places cost 99 to 999 depending on class and seat. It did a low level (30m) flyby at SZG.
PlaneHunter From Germany, joined Mar 2006, 6190 posts, RR: 79 Reply 1, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 5648 times:
Mi Macc,
thanks for posting the link. I was on the first flight and can tell the maneuver at SZG was freakin' awesome! It was probably my best flight ever. One has to praise Lufthansa for organising such a special event.
Btw - D-AIMB was delivered on 16 July and ferried to FRA on July 21. It arrived at MUC early in the morning yesterday and returned to FRA shortly after 20:00. It will enter commercial service on 4 August on the FRA-NRT route.
MSN007 From United States of America, joined Sep 2009, 113 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 4836 times:
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2235 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 4781 times:
Quoting MSN007 (Reply 4): Does anyone know which route it will serve?
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 1): It will enter commercial service on 4 August on the FRA-NRT route.
GBan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 4387 times:
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 1): I was on the first flight and can tell the maneuver at SZG was freakin' awesome! It was probably my best flight ever.
Where did you buy the ticket - where they on regular online sale?
BTW you did a rather low pass over Munich as well. I heard the noise of engines in the afternoon from inside my house and was actually worried - the sound seemed not loud, but much, much too near. I immediately went out: nice view, but no camera at hand.
MSN007 From United States of America, joined Sep 2009, 113 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 4384 times:
Quoting CitationJet (Reply 6): Quoting MSN007 (Reply 4):
Does anyone know which route it will serve?
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 1):
It will enter commercial service on 4 August on the FRA-NRT route.
Isn't the first A380 on the FRA-NRT route? This route is so busy it requires two A380s? wow way to go LH.
Quoting GBan (Reply 7): Where did you buy the ticket - where they on regular online sale?
Yes, I bought tickets for me and two others on LH's website on July 5 immediately after the sale had started. All seats were gone after a few hours. LH didn't advertise a lot, I read about the event on the "MUC Forum".
Quoting GBan (Reply 7): BTW you did a rather low pass over Munich as well. I heard the noise of engines in the afternoon from inside my house and was actually worried - the sound seemed not loud, but much, much too near. I immediately went out: nice view, but no camera at hand.
Yes, the weather was still nice at that time and I could enjoy good views of Munich.
Quoting MSN007 (Reply 8): Isn't the first A380 on the FRA-NRT route? This route is so busy it requires two A380s? wow way to go LH.
Yes, but it takes more than 24 hours to operate FRA-NRT-FRA. So LH needs two A380s to offer daily flights.
airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4015 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 3615 times:
Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 9): Yes, I bought tickets for me and two others on LH's website on July 5 immediately after the sale had started. All seats were gone after a few hours. LH didn't advertise a lot, I read about the event on the "MUC Forum".
Indeed, I got no information in advance so was not aware of this flight. Tried to make a booking later that day but indeed all seats were sold already. A shame really, since I was a day off and able to make the flight. I am looking forward to the report PH !
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B777LRF From Luxembourg, joined Nov 2008, 1000 posts, RR: 3 Reply 13, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3461 times:
Quoting fn1001 (Reply 12): The bird was not allowed to land in Salzburg, because the runway is too narrow. Than why was the landing gear down?
For safety reasons. Should something bad happen, like bird ingestion causing multiple engine failure, the aircraft would already be in full landing configuration. LH runs a very tight ship, and are not in the business of taking chances or making beginners mistakes.
From receips and radials over straight pipes to big fans - been there, done that, got the hearing defects to prove
francoflier From France, joined Oct 2001, 3195 posts, RR: 10 Reply 14, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 3238 times:
Quoting fn1001 (Reply 12): Than why was the landing gear down?
Most low speed flybys in heavy jets over runways are done in landing configuration. It allows pilots to approach the runway while following bog standard procedures, and also to allow for a lower speed (normal approach speed) as you can't extend full flaps unless the gear is down (well unless you can cope with the config warning horn and GPWS alerts).
There's a 'hot-shot' way of doing it too, but NOT with paying pax onboard...
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit posting...
Aerosol From Germany, joined Oct 2000, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (2 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2454 times:
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 11): Indeed, I got no information in advance so was not aware of this flight. Tried to make a booking later that day but indeed all seats were sold already. A shame really, since I was a day off and able to make the flight. I am looking forward to the report PH !
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