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Looks like a Racoon with the Black window frames!!

I guess for an Airbus it doesn't look too bad.

Especially since they copied the 787:ok:

Yep the A380 is the Dugong
The A350 we'll call the Racoon...:p

Smart looking aircraft! ::D

It will come complete with a special "in your own time" study deal just like for the -8!

The wings' chord length looks too short for the size of the fuselage. It looks as if it might not have enough wing, sorta like the MD-11. No wonder Airbus is making the wing bigger on the A350-1000. I hope it works as advertised... Otherwise they are going to have to turn up the heat on the engines, which means it will never hit its specs.

Not an Airbus fan but I think it looks pretty good, a lot better than the aesthetically challenged 787.

Wing looks fine, looks like it will really cruise at .85

The usual cr@p from cxorcist.

We know you love boeing! Take the blinkers off :ugh::ugh:

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The wings' chord length looks too short for the size of the fuselage. It looks as if it might not have enough wing

cxorcist just forwarded your post to Airbus. As we speak there is an emergency meeting to re-evaluate the years of computer aided design and wind tunnel tests. Thanks for pointing out such a crucial oversight through one pic. You da Man :ok::ok::ok::ok:

It didn't take the (unpaid?) publicity consultant for the Boeing Company long...and since McDonnell Douglas was taken over, isn't the MD11 just another ageing Boeing?

cxorcist

welcome to the 21st century!

The vertical and horizontal tail surfaces look totally inadequate as well - oh, hang on a minute, could that be some sort of photographic distortion? :)

Good looking aircraft - can't wait to fly it!

STP

:D

I must admit that I enjoy getting you all riled up in defense of your beloved Airbus. Is it your heritage that causes you to vehemently defend all things EADS? Or is it that you fly Airbus now and will very likely continue to do so for the rest of your CX career? Maybe both.

It was just an observation, but thank you for the reminder about size and distance. The fact is that the -1000's wing has a much longer chord. Obviously Airbus thought it needed more wing than the -900. It is also a fact that many airlines are opting for the -1000 over the -900, including CX.

That said, I hope the -900 does well because it has the potential to open up long thin routes for CX. Flying to smaller, long haul destinations is not something that CX has traditionally done. It would be nice to expand the route map a bit.

In terms of wind tunnels and design, it would not be the first time if things did not pan out as expected. The MD-11 certainly came up short, as did the A346. So let's not pretend that could not happen again, even if it is the 21st century:ok:

One of the 350 chief wing designers lives in my village in the UK, only 35, good lad he is.

There are 350 chief wing designers? No wonder they got it wrong!

Interesting how a Fire truck is positioned 100' behind the 350!! They expecting a fire ??

cxorcist

Nice try.

But wrong on so many levels, try your argument against yourself and your "love" of anything Boeing.

You are also completely wrong about the 346, it was not designed for the JFK route that was the 345.

You don't get us riled up its just tiresome.

Nitpicker - probably elf and safety!

"can't wait to fly it!"

Surely you meant "can't wait to interface with it's fatally flawed, un intuitive organic/digital input system"?

The last aircraft I "flew" was a 737...and that's a stretch.

You have to give credit where credit is due...

It's a nice looking modern airplane...

Haters are gonna hate!