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Airbus A380

The Cruise Ship Of The Sky!

About Me


I am a double decker, big ass "Superjumbo" made by Airbus. I can seat approximately 555 peeps in a typical 3 class configuration. My four engines are either Rolls Royce Trent 900 or EA GP7200 series and will let me cruise at 0.85 mach (aboot 561 mph)!
Onboard, I can offer a lounge, a gym, a beauty salon, a duty free shop and even sleeping quarters for the folks that travel with me! I'm so damn big, that some airports will have to modify their aprons, taxiways and runways to accomodate my fat ass ... get goin' LAX! Two people will be in the cockpit at the controls, and I can imagine the numerous hotties that will be my flight attendants!
The fictional E-474 aircraft in the movie Flightplan clearly resembles me!
YOU CAN MAKE AND COLOR YOUR OWN MODEL OF ME HERE!
HISTORY: First Flight (A380-800) 27 April 2005 (A380-800F) planned for early 2007
Service Entry(A380-800) planned for late 2007 (with Singapore Airlines) (A380-800F) planned for 2010 (with United Parcel Service?)
CREW: two person flight crew: pilot, co-pilot
PASSENGERS: (A380-800) 555 in three classes, 840 in one class
ESTIMATED COST:$296 to $316 million [2006$]
DIMENSIONS: Length (A380-800) 238.67 ft (72.75 m) Wingspan 261.83 ft (79.80 m) Height 79.00 ft (24.08 m) Wing Area 9,095.5 ft² (845.0 m²) Canard Areanot applicable
WEIGHTS: Empty (A380-800) 610,680 lb (277,000 kg) (A380-800F) 555,565 lb (252,000 kg) Normal Takeoff unknown Max Takeoff (A380-800) 1,234,590 lb (560,000 kg) (A380-800F) 1,300,725 lb (590,000 kg) Fuel Capacity internal: (A380-800) 575,185 lb (260,900 kg) (A380-800F) 575,185 lb (260,900 kg) external: not applicable Max Payload(A380-800) 185,190 lb (84,000 kg) (A380-800F) 330,695 lb (150,000 kg)
PROPULSION: Powerplant (A380-800) four Rolls-Royce Trent RB-967 turbofans or four Engine Alliance GP-7267 turbofans (A380-800F) four Rolls-Royce Trent RB-975 turbofans or four Engine Alliance GP-7275 turbofans Thrust (A380-800 RB-967) 272,000 lb (1,210 kN) (A380-800 GP-7267) 326,000 lb (1,450 kN) (A380-800F RB-975) 299,435 lb (1,332 kN)
PERFORMANCE: Max Level Speed at altitude: 595 mph (955 km/h) at 35,000 ft (10,675 m), Mach 0.89 at sea level: 390 mph (630 km/h) cruise speed: 560 mph (900 km/h) at 35,000 ft (10,675 m), Mach 0.85 Initial Climb Rate unknown Service Ceiling 42,980 ft (13,100 m) Range (A380-800) 8,000 nm (14,815 km) (A380-800F) 5,600 nm (10,370 km) g-Limits unknown
KNOWN VARIANTS: A380-700 Originally known as the A3XX-50 or A3XX-50R, proposed extended range model with a shortened fuselage for 481 passengers A380-800 Originally known as the A3XX-100, first production model seating 555 passengers A380-800C7 Proposed combination passenger/cargo model based on the A380-800 with space for 7 cargo pallets A380-800C11 Proposed combination passenger/cargo model with space for 11 cargo pallets A380-800F Originally known as the A3XX-100F, dedicated freighter based on the A380-800 model with a capacity of 25 pallets on the upper deck, 33 pallets on the main deck, and 13 pallets on the lower deck A380-800R Proposed extended range model based on the A380-800 for 555 passengers A380-800S Proposed reduced range version of the A380-800 A380-900 Originally known as the A3XX-200, proposed stretch model with a longer fuselage for 656 passengers A380-900S Proposed reduced range version of the A380-900
KNOWN OPERATORS: Air France China Southern Airlines Emirates Airlines Emirates SkyCargo Etihad Airways International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) Kingfisher Airlines Korean Air Lines Lufthansa Malaysian Airline System Qantas Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Thai Airways United Parcel Service (UPS) Virgin Atlantic Airways

My Interests

Rolling down the runway to rotate and lift off to an exciting destination! I like the nice views I get from cruise altitude and landing is fun, if they do it gently! I also like Flight Simulator X and hot flight attendant chicks.

I'd like to meet:

INTERESTED IN FLYING AND AVIATION? HERE ARE SOME LINKS!
The Basics Of Flight
Learn To Fly!
Basics Of VOR Navigation
Basics Of ILS Navigation
Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Embry-Riddle
Airliners.net

Music:


Learn To Fly, Foo Fighters
Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band
Fly Away, Lenny Kravitz
Learning To Fly, Pink Floyd
Fly To The Angels, Slaughter
Fly, Sugar Ray
Leaving On A Jet Plane, Peter Paul & Mary

Movies:

Airplane!
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airport 75, 77 & 79
Air Force One
Flightplan
Memphis Belle
You know you wanna ride me!

Television:

Foo Fighters rock and they too learn to fly!

Heroes:

Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Robert Hays.