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April 27, 2005
One Plane to Rule them All - Airbus A380 Makes Historic Maiden Flight
An 800 person flying capacity is truly amazing. Unfortunately, Airbus is still about 100 orders away from the 250 place break even point.
The world's biggest airliner, the European Airbus A380, flew for the first time on Wednesday in a new challenge to U.S. rival Boeing Co. in the battle for the global aviation market.The double-decker A380, designed to carry 555 passengers but with room for more than 800, touched down smoothly almost four hours after soaring into sunny skies on its maiden flight above Airbus headquarters near Toulouse in southern France.
You handle (this aircraft) as you handle a bicycle. It's very, very easy to fly," chief test pilot Jacques Rosay said after fellow pilot Claude Lelaie landed the $285 million plane.more ...
Posted by Blogorithm at April 27, 2005 02:02 PM
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