Good comeback, Lubed. :ok:

Should I be expecting another one of your nasty PMs now??? :{

I dunno midnight it might be great on the inside but it is an ugly duckling on the outside.

Probably a good example of function over form.Now if the Italians had designed it instead of the French:E

".....Now if the Italians had designed it instead of the French....."
It would still be stuck in Singapore with unknown tech problems.
The Comet.

No major cross winds, but there was a lot of lightning around at 1530 which closed the ramp and therefore halted the loading process for an hour or so, then a catering truck's hydraulic system $hit itself and it couldn't be moved away from the rear of the aircraft.

Finally left at 1811 I'm told!

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/sa...smiley-002.gif to you too!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
 

I reckon the big bus looks great and you lot should find a Boeing model to pick on!:eek: Capt Ting said that they took off from SIN using 76% rated thrust as they were relatively light. Also it uses 10% less runway compared to MTOW 747-400 in similar conditions ie- A380 at MTOW.
So there!!:8

True, but that still doesn't change the fact that its fcuking ugly! :E

Anyone see that movie Flight Plan with Jodie Foster? It looks similar to the aircraft in that movie!

Late departure
 

YSSY has recently installed a storm warning system on the apron with flashing white/blue strobes on the apron lighting masts and it was activated for about an hour while I was in the middle of refuelling the A380, so everything had to be shut down and all the people (ive never seen so many suits around 1 aircraft) had to run inside and hide for a while. Apart from the catering truck and the lightning storm, I think she got away late but OK. :eek:

Various shots:
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos....-SKA&view=true

I managed to get on board for about 20min the morning prior to departure. The cabin interior is awesome. I can only see this layout really being a once off. Once the other airlines receive theirs I'm pretty sure the extra leg room and excess business class seats will be sacrificed to cram as many poverty class seats in as possible to maximise profits.
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On time performance gone to sh!t on first outing? I watched and waited over near ATC from 3.30 till 6. No rain no lightning plenty of holes in the overcast sky to escape through. Faulty hydraulics on catering trucks? They're kidding themselves. There were two trucks there the whole time. I'm pretty sure it is still possible to back a truck away from the aircraft if this lift unit is still raised. Sounds like a bunch of poor excuses if you ask me.

Catering Truck
 

"I'm pretty sure it is still possible to back a truck away from the aircraft if this lift unit is still raised. Sounds like a bunch of poor excuses if you ask me."

Sorry mate, these ground handling vehicles and many others like it (refuellers, freight lifters etc) have interlock systems all over them, so they generelly cant be moved unless all the hydralics, doors, switches are in the right place to prevent accidents from people moving them with equipment not stowed properly. So in the case of the catering truck, being stuck in the raised position, it would not be closing that interlock switch causing the brakes to be locked on. Also on the SQ A380's first flight out last Friday, there was lightning and rain. I should know, I was the one fuelling it and had to stop for a while due WX.
Cheers
X

my a380 experience
 

Was in SYD @ spotters point along 34L when A380 arrived. Was the first to see it flyover as i was taking pics of the 3 choppers out over the bay waiting for its arrival. Could not hear the aircraft as it flew directly over the airport heading for harbour bridge & the coast. Was at 2100' and still stuck in cloud, so Capt TING gave the beach flyby a miss. 14 mins later it arrived. Very smooth touchdown. Shame about the ATLAS air in our way. Some ppl spat it. Quite funny.
Was now really excited to be on board for the SYD-SIN leg. Being from PER, have heard about Syd WX - so when the storm approached and ground services stopped i knew there'd B a delay. Was 1st in board Q for Upper Deck & security half way down the airbridge stopped me to check my laptop bag. SO PI$$ED off as i was filming the entrance onto A/C. Now i ended up being about 30th person. GGrrrr!!! :ugh: Why couldn't that have been done while ppl waiting 4 delay.
On board tho - it was magical - french champagne, canapes, awesome rest qual food, total party atmosphere. Conversation was easy as the A/c is so quiet. humidity levels & air quality much improved. ppl moving round the cabin all flight understandably. Met capt Ting who informed me the arrival in SIN would be autoland - 1st time for the A380 (obviously) in commercial capacity. Lots of memories / great ppl and a wonderful product. Well done SIA & thanks for the gift bag. :ok:

How many pilots were operating this flight? Goatie117 just said the fabled Captain Ting flew the return leg back to SIN as well, but it was after a delay, this has got to be minimum 17-18 hour tour of duty. Probably more?! With the addition of the Atlas, in his story is it just me or is he another SIA manager putting a brand new vain post in pprune? haha! Good try mate! Now get your license! :) Man they really try unfortunately most of them are stupid! Go the COMET! ^^;

AoA grow a brain.. where did i say Capt Ting flew return leg - he was actually speaking to passengers & signing autographs during the trip and doing PR and in case ur wondering im linked with QF, so my praise of SQ is genuine. There were 4 flight crew on board including an Airbus test pilot. BTW my license is in the mail

AoA, the A380 sat here for a day and a half before the return leg.

Airline brings lovers down to earth
 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines, the first operator of the new Airbus A380, has dashed the hopes of sexual thrill-seekers planning to engage in amorous activity aboard the world's biggest jumbo jet.
The carrier said it would ask passengers on the A380 to refrain from sex while ensconced in one of its 12 first-class suites, which boast the world's first airborne double beds.

"All we ask of customers, wherever they are on our aircraft, is to observe standards that don't cause offence to other customers and crew," the company told Reuters in a statement.

"Nothing different applies for our Singapore Airlines Suites customers."

While private, the double cabins are neither sound proofed nor completely sealed.

Singapore Airlines, the world's second-largest airline by market value, started commercial flights of the double-decker A380 last week with a Singapore-Sydney service.

"So they'll sell you a double bed, and give you privacy and endless champagne and then say you can't do what comes naturally?" Tony Elwood, who traveled with wife Julie in a suite aboard the inaugural flight, told the Times of London.

"They seem to have done everything they can to make it romantic, short of bringing round oysters," Julie said. "I'd say they shouldn't really complain, should they?"

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What is the expression?
Build and they will c---

Ah forget it

20driver

AoA seems to be the classic australian pilot, paragon of first world skygods. Goatie, thanks for being decently genuine and correct.

Very droll, 20driver.

It's going to happen, like it or not. Imagine being the first couple to do it in an A380, special level membership of the mile high club. That bed certainly looks easier than sliding the seats back in a light twin or standing up in a turboprop cockpit. ;)