First SQ A380

[kuningan]

Tail going on here:

http://www.plane-spotter.net/a380aingapore.jpg

....lets hope it stays on.......

[twenty eight]

....lets hope it stays on....

Oy vay don't go there.

[Bmused55]

....lets hope it stays on.......

LMAO

But as twenty eight said, don't go there.

[FLZERO]

"But as twenty eight said, don't go there."

OK, lets not.

[El lute]

Is this picture a fake?
I find it surprising that the airline-logo painted tail should go on an aircraft that will only be delivered some 18 months from now. What happens between now and then/
Or have SIA agreed it to be used for flight-testing, which I would find surprising, too.

[Hot Charlie]

I'm sure I saw the image a few weeks back, and it may have been in the SIA email newsletter...

C

[scrubed]

This machine will be another French lemon....

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

Don`t they always paint the tail up first before it is fitted to the aircraft because it has to be balanced fefore it is fitted and that has to include the weight of the paint

G-I-B

[The African Dude]

G-I-B, if that's right then what happens when/if they re-paint it in a different livery some years down the line? Not suggesting that you're wrong of course, just curious!!

Andy

[codpiece face]

Its the rudder that must be balanced which is why you sometimes see aircraft on the boeing line with the airline colours on the rudder only. By painting the whole fin it just saves time later in matching the rudder and fin. SQ will i imagine be happy for airbus to flight test an aircraft in their colours its free publicity.

[Evanelpus]

Heard on the radio at lunchtime that Airbus Ind are quoting 'an in-service delay of between 2 and 6 months for the delivery of their A380 jet arliner'

[frontseatpassenger]

Does anyone know of a Flight Sim 2004 version of the A380 with the Singapore paint scheme?