Aviation Photo #0961767 Airbus A380-841 - Singapore Airlines (Airbus)

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The lower deck of the A380 which compared to the upper deck, is jampacked full of test equipment. Some interesting things were pointed out to us on our tour of the aircraft. The orange frame is for the crew to navigate through the aircraft in the event that they have to evacuate, even in flight during a test flight and parachute out of the aircraft. The water tanks are to add weight, otherwise the aircraft would be too light. And last but not least, the real toilets are not installed yet :-) [Nikon D70]
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    Andrew Hunt
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    Singapore - Changi
    Singapore
    November 11, 2005
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Comments (8)

Anonymous
17 years ago
It´s always interesting to see how the aircraft test homologous was made!
Anonymous
17 years ago
I always find it an eerie site to see the bowels of a plane, this shot is no different! Amazing to see whats hidden under all the coverings
Anonymous
17 years ago
The water tanks are adding weight of the aircraft in order to match the weight of the 555 passengers.
Anonymous
17 years ago
If the real toilets are not installed yet, then where can they 'pang sai'?

Thomas Loh
Anonymous
17 years ago
Interesting to see the gadgets and eerie initial bowel in a test aircraft that contribute to our safety when the plane enters commercial service. Great shot and informative comments.
Anonymous
17 years ago
MIght be big enough to carry 1300 airborne troopers.
Anonymous
17 years ago
Cooooooooooooooooool
Anonymous
15 years ago
The gas drone canisters from BattleField Earth!

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