"Bloody hell, what a biggun'!"

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Or, "Look at the size of that thing!"

Or, "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying football pitch!"

Airbus unveils 'superjumbo' jet

"The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, has been unveiled in a elaborate ceremony in France." - BBC News

It's massive, but is bigger best? Can Airbus conquer the world?

Would you fly in it?

Lou
 
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yep, its a biggun'

now the challenge is finding runways long enough to let it take off and land .. and all the other stuff on the ground needed to accommodate it
 
[url]www.bruce.[/url] said:
now the challenge is finding runways long enough to let it take off and land .. and all the other stuff on the ground needed to accommodate it

I don't think runways are going to be much of a problem -- it's designed with existing IAP runways inmind.

Where it's going to have problems is with boarding and offloading -- existing airport waiting areas/gates aren't going to be big enough to handle the passenger load.
 
I still can't comprehend how planes stay in the air. It seems like it's against nature's intentions.

I've never flown, does it show?
 
Weird Harold said:
I don't think runways are going to be much of a problem -- it's designed with existing IAP runways inmind.

Where it's going to have problems is with boarding and offloading -- existing airport waiting areas/gates aren't going to be big enough to handle the passenger load.

I suppose .. as long as the runway is Code E ... shouldnt be too much problem -- there are issues with taxiways ... need extra room at the corners to allow these Code F aircraft to turn

and the bridges at the gates are a problem ... the A380 needs to be loaded through 2 doors at once for efficiency ..
 
On the contrary, Liar, I think it's inflated. I bet it's just a budget version of the old ones, dressed in rubber that's been inflated to make the plane look bigger.
 
Svenskaflicka said:
yui, is that really good for the rabbits back?

Hi Svenskaflicka,

He's not my bunny, but I think they are a bit like cats; they can look contorted when they are not really contorted. At least my bunny was very elastic in his range of motion. :)
 
Svenskaflicka said:
Well, as long as you don't tie a knot on him...:p

And I promise not the tie him in a bow or throw him over my shoulder like a Continental Soldier... ;)

Now that song is stuck in my head! :( :D
 
ABSTRUSE said:
I still can't comprehend how planes stay in the air. It seems like it's against nature's intentions.

I've never flown, does it show?

[Unasked for physics]
Planes are propelled into the air by air pressure. Nature doesn't like there to be more air pressure on one side of a thing than another, so it moves the thing away from the high pressure and towards the low pressure until the air pressure is the same on both sides.

Now, a plane's wing is a special shape. It is flat on the top and curved on the underside. Kinda like a big squashed semicircle:

. . . . . . . ______________
. . . . . . ( . . . . . . /
. Forwards <--- \ ___________/

When the plane moves forwards, the air moves quickly over the flat bit, but has to take a detour around the curve on the bottom. This means that the air going over the top gets to the other side quicker than the air at the bottom. Therefore there's a big traffic-jam of air at the bottom and so there's lots of air pressure. Nature doesn't like there being more air pressure on one side of a thing than another, so it moves the wing upwards to try and equalise the air pressure on the top and bottom sides. The plane, being attached to the wing, moves up.
[/Unasked for physics]

The Earl
 
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Is the code name for this one "cattle car?" I hate dealing with boarding processes on even the much smaller jets. Some of the larger jets are taking an hour to board. No thank you.
 
Hey look, it's the Literotica Orgycraft I ordered. All aboard.

Cat
 
Svenskaflicka said:
yui, is that really good for the rabbits back?
That picture could actually be two rabbits. In a 69.




That's it. I need a shrink.
 
TheEarl said:
[Unasked for physics]
...
Now, a plane's wing is a special shape. It is flat on the top and curved on the underside. Kinda like a big squashed semicircle:

. . . . . . . ______________
. . . . . . ( . . . . . . /
. Forwards <--- \ ___________/

When the plane moves forwards, the air moves quickly over the flat bit, but has to take a detour around the curve on the bottom. ...[/Unasked for physics]

The Earl

Um. I'm not flying in any of your planes Earl.. Might I suggest you invert your theory and turn the wing the right way up. Bernoulli will love you more and so will the 800 passengers on the airbus. :)
 
I just read Virgin Atlantic, who ordered these planes will be installing a casino downstairs as well as bunkbeds upstairs. What a way to fly.

(Like I said, our own Orgycraft.)

Cat
(Damned Hairballs)
 
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