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27th Apr 2005, 12:15

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Wow, That was awesome!

Now for the landing>>>>>>>>>>
So Graceful and dominant in the turn
hope its a greaser!

27th Apr 2005, 12:23

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Nice landing

27th Apr 2005, 12:24

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Flawless landing.

A dream debute!!

Well done Airbus!

27th Apr 2005, 12:26

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Graceful...great achievement, congrats to all involved

27th Apr 2005, 12:30

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And thanks to PPRuNe for all the news, times, etc. as it's been coming.

It's been great to watch!

27th Apr 2005, 12:39

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Any reason it landed half way down the runway? Did they mean to do that or was it just the noraml reasons for a floated landing?

27th Apr 2005, 12:40

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In that film, it looks a lot like a 747...except BIGGER (and better)

27th Apr 2005, 12:43

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Did they mean to do that or was it just the noraml reasons for a floated landing?

At a guess, given that people earlier had expressed "surprise" at how quickly it got airborne, maybe it's generating more lift than they expected, so a light aircraft (in comparison) and more lift, given they were not about to bring the speed right back = float

it was noticable that they were a lot more aggressive with the roll rates and bank angles than when it first launched.

All in all, impressive, and maybe at last europe's aviation industry can start to hold it's head even higher.

27th Apr 2005, 12:51

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Congratulations to all involved!

Great day - beautiful landing!

As for floating - most of the aircraft coming down both of the runways have been floating today - it's been quite noticeable.

Off for champers now!

27th Apr 2005, 13:15

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Noticed the forward pitch of the landing gear.

http://photos.airliners.net/middle/8/4/9/825948.jpg

777 pitch backwards

27th Apr 2005, 13:21

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She certainly looks much better flying than on the ground. Just imagine what the stretched version will be like.

27th Apr 2005, 13:25

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Fantastic stuff! Congrats to all involved!

The flight looks to have been a great success. Absolutely delighted!

27th Apr 2005, 13:26

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A sight to behold. Let's hope it works better than the Airbus PA systems. You'd think they'd test the microphones beforehand.

Can't wait for it to make it's first flight from heathrow... I wonder it gets it's own vortex wake category.

27th Apr 2005, 13:51

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Impressive achievement but it's not going to win any beauty pageants!

27th Apr 2005, 14:58

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Actually, I thought it looked damn fine in the air and clean

27th Apr 2005, 15:04

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Yes, a bit like a flying elephant

27th Apr 2005, 15:16

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We should start a betting syndicate to try and guess what reason/reasons the Americans will use to stop it flying into the US airports. I shall start with either it is "too big" or "too ugly"

27th Apr 2005, 15:17

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Fantastic! Awesome! Amazing! Great great great! Congrats to all and to the crew.

27th Apr 2005, 15:25

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Didnt LAX already accept the A380 and is preparing for it?

27th Apr 2005, 15:39

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MonarchA330: Any reason it landed half way down the runway? Did they mean to do that or was it just the noraml reasons for a floated landing?

A bit later I saw a replay from the camera mounted at the far end of the runway. It looked like she was descending at a constant rate, then flared at whatever feet height, and then descended at a much reduced but constant rate to touchdown.

I don't know anything about flying these aircraft, but to this untrained eye it looked like it was intentional. (In my business, where impressions are just about everything, that's good enough for me ...

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