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Jump to postGreat <acronym title="Transbrasil SA Linhas Aereas">TR</acronym> Sam, thanks for posting it. Really interesting to read what the experience was like in the Singapore Suites. I agree with you that the <acronym title="Xian - Xiguan (SIA / ZLXG) (closed), China">SIA</acronym> staff did a great job with...
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Jump to postGreat Trip Report Tsentsan <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> My wife and I were onboard the flight as well (seats 48d and 48e) so it is interesting reading about your experiences. The takeoff video you posted is much appreciated because the view from my seat w...
Jump to postCNN's Richard Quest was on the flight in J class and was talking about the experience live just a couple of minutes ago. Said there was a real party atmosphere onboard (as I guess you would expect) and that the 7 and a half hours flew by. It was amusing because he kept getting interrupted by the pol...
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Jump to postFor those lucky enough to be on the Charity flights later this week, it looks like <acronym title="Xian - Xiguan (SIA / ZLXG) (closed), China">SIA</acronym> have assigned the seats <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> Log in to the <acronym title="Xian - Xiguan (SIA ...
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Jump to postCheck out the link below for some incredible 360 degree panoramic photos from the reveal ceremony as well as inside the plane. Takes a while to load but they really give you a feel for what it will be like on board. <a href="http://www.gillesvidal.com/rue89/airbusA380.htm" target=_blank>http://www.g...
Jump to postI'm having a month-long holiday in the U.S in December and will be doing a road trip from Albuquerque to San Francisco over a couple of weeks. Will be travelling through New Mexico, northern Arizona, southern Nevada and taking the coastal route in California up to San Francisco. Given the decrepit s...
Jump to postOn the <acronym title="Xian - Xiguan (SIA / ZLXG) (closed), China">SIA</acronym> website there is an article that describes the economy class product on the A380 and B777-300ER (see link below). In one of the photos there is a guy using a keyboard attached to the IFE console with a USB cable. Presum...
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Jump to postLooks like Airbus have put up a video showing <acronym title="Xian - Xiguan (SIA / ZLXG) (closed), China">SIA</acronym>'s interior a little early <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> Shows economy, business and the new Suites. Go to the link below and download th...
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Jump to postI'm flying <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym>-<acronym title="Wellington - International (WLG / NZWN), New Zealand">WLG</acronym> in November and because of a special deal I'm abl...
Jump to postSIA have announced that with almost all seats now sold for the first commercial flight of the A380 on 25 and 26 October, the total committed to charities from sold packages so far is approaching over US$1.2 million. <a href="http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/company_info/press_release/NE...
Jump to postSweet - I just won some of the last seats on sale for the <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> - <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> flight!! I managed to get 2 economy seats (no...
Jump to postThanks a lot for all for the advice. <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/thumbsup.gif" alt="thumbsup" border=0> In the end I used expedia.co.uk and booked <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> and <acronym title="Frontier Airlines (USA)">F9</acronym> flights. The only w...
Jump to postI've been trying to book some U.S. domestic flights online for a trip in December, and I can't believe how difficult it is if you don't have a credit card from North America (or one of the major European or Asian countries for the bigger airlines). The flights I want to book are <acronym title="San ...
Jump to postIn December this year I'll be holidaying in the U.S. and I'll be flying <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym>-<acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acrony...
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Jump to postAs has been widely discussed on a.net recently, Airbus is going to try to evacuate 853 passengers and 20 staff from the A380 within 90 secs using 8 exits in Hamburg tomorrow, Sunday 26 March. A overview of the test can be found here: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/263847_air22.html"...
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Jump to postI'm fortunate enough to be travelling business class on Air <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> <acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> next week. Despite the fact that i...
Jump to postA lot of the media seem to have latched on to "Superjumbo" and I think that it is likely to stick. People I've spoken to about the a380 who know very little about aviation seem to have picked up the term as well. Admittedly it's not very exciting but it seems to be the only nickname I've seen used o...
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Jump to postIf seeing is believing... <a href="http://events.airbus.com/A380/Images/MME/3578.JPG" target=_blank>http://events.airbus.com/A380/Images/MME/3578.JPG</a> If it's a hoax then Airbus seem to be getting in on the act <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> With all those d...
Jump to postBelow is a link to an item on tv1 news about the arrival. It has some nice shots from the air of the landing. <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/cda/tvnz/video_popup_windows_skin/623119?bandwidth=128k" target=_blank>http://tvnz.co.nz/cda/tvnz/video_pop...windows_skin/623119?bandwidth=128k</a> Any ideas whet...
Jump to postHere's a video of the landing <a href="http://www.hr-online.de/website/specials/airbus_a380/index.jsp?rubrik=14002&key=standard_document_12210534&mediakey=allgemein/20051029_landeanflug-a380&type=v&jm=1&jmpage=1" target=_blank>http://www.hr-online.de/website/spec...deanflug-a380&type=v&jm=1&jmpage=1...
Jump to postThe link below shows some photos (albeit small) of the A380 at <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>. <a href="http://de.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=a380&ybs=0&c=news_photos" target=_blank>http://de.search.yahoo.com/search/ne...i=UTF-...
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Jump to postThere is video of the takeoff and additional photos (including one from inside the plane) of the 2nd A380 at:
http://events.airbus.com/A380/default1.aspx
These photos are definitely real - an article about the test accompanies the photos on the Airbus website:
http://events.airbus.com/A380/default1.aspx
As PhilSquares and Eha point out, they were undertaking VMU tests.
It's awesome to see it in flight with gear up. Nice work by airbus getting these sort of feeds through to the website so quickly. Any updates on the landing time? After seeing the first takeoff, I'm now looking forward to first landing <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/silly.gif" alt="Si...
Jump to postTaxiing has begun - sweet! A.netters have been counting down to this day for years and now it's finally here... <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/cheerful.gif" alt="cheerful" border=0> <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/champagne.gif" alt="champagne" border=0>
Jump to postGreat news! Wednesday 27th will be a special day in aviation history. On the Airbus website they have put up a whole lot of material for the first flight. They've done quite a nice job - obviously a lot of work has been involved. You'll find: - videos of previous airbus first flights - videos of pre...
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