I saw it live on television and I have to say that I'm also very impressed that Airbus has managed to get it in the air in such a relatively short time. If it's going to be a success is not sure yet, but I think it will. More people in one airframe means lower cost, so when the stretched version shows up in five years or so, the sales will soar.
I've always liked Boeings products better, mostly due to the French cover-ups in a few A320 accidents, but on this one Boeing took a gamble with a bigger 747 that nobody was interested in and then decided to cancel that. So obviously Boing is going to tell anyone who listenes that nobody wants to get into such big airplanes since they don't have anything in that size. The B787 will probably be a great aeroplane, but the A380 is greater
Anybody knows when they'll start their hover-trials?
/2beers
I just saw something on the picture... Is the registration of the A380 F-WWON ( We won )? In that case I like their sense of humour!