Originally Posted by baigar
Hi, at the moment a big aircraft (completely white and looking like an A380) is circling over Oberpfaffenhofen. Since 1200h it is flying always the same route above DLRs facility with gear out. Does anyone know what they are doing there? Some pictures (OK, they are not really good) can be seen at
http://www.baigar.de/a380/...
The newspaper "Süddeutsche" had an article about the tests: A380 came from Tulouse for tests at DLR. According tor the newspaper one topic were measurements regarding the turbulences caused by A380 which might be a danger for following aircraft. The results are used to determine the minimum time which there has to be after a A380 started/landed before the next aircraft can follow...
Nice aspect: Lots of people worried about the big aircraft flying often over thier heads and more than 100 called the police
