Wow, That was awesome!

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

Nice landing :ok:

Flawless landing.

A dream debute!!

Well done Airbus!

:ok: :ok: :ok:

Graceful...great achievement, congrats to all involved

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

It's been great to watch!

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?

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

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:D

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.

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!

Noticed the forward pitch of the landing gear.

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

777 pitch backwards

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

Fantastic stuff! Congrats to all involved!

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

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.

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

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

Yes, a bit like a flying elephant ;)

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"

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

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

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 ... :D )

Have just passed mine and other's congratulations to colleagues working in Toulouse. The sense of history, achievement and relief is almost palpable in their responses.

Well done to all!

If you look at the Airbus web site, they have updated it and along side the A380 first flight videos, they have added the first flight videos for all of their aircraft . (Except the Beluga)

The A300 FF from back in 1972 looks a bit wobbly when it comes into land, nowhere near as graceful as the 380.

M!KE

Well done Britain for the wings and engines, well done to the lesser European nations for the tube that keeps them apart ;)


....... only kidding :ok:

Sorry,

Im not trawling throught the entire thread, but can anyone tell me if there is a recording or the live feed shown again.

Ive seen the bbc video (short and sweet) but was wondering if anyone have the airbus live streaming of it recorded.

Thx

Jay

Vids of the flyby and landing, courtesy of our friends at A.net:

http://www.leebrompton.com/sitebuild...380_Fly_By.wmv

http://www.leebrompton.com/sitebuild...80_Landing.wmv

:ok:

Thanks,

but any of the take off.

Thx again

Jay

Go to the Airbus website, they have loads of vids. www.airbus.com

M330

What UK airports are preparing to handle it?

I'm pretty sure manchester is :D

Heathrow and Toulouse..........:E

Whats that.....about a 30 minute flight??? Plus 3 hours to board and 3 hours to disembark at the other end and claim your luggage...........:E

Where you at 380Focal?

Ahh, was waiting for the 747FOCAL banter to begin! Come on, let's all have a laugh :D

So glad 747Focal is back! His entertainment value cannot be overemphasized.

Good night 747focal
sweet dreams...

Didn't take that long when EI used 747's and 330's for a few rotations over the Christmas period DUB - LHR. Depends on how much the operator is prepared to pay for handling, if they are a cheap skate operator, and go for low cost handling, that's what they will get, if they pay for a full crew and the equipment, then it happens a lot more rapidly.

Matters not if it's a 747, 767, 777, A300, A330, A340 or A380. You can add DC10's MD11's and any other bin loaded wide body you like to the list.

'Gear up f/o....no, best leave it down'
 

When A380 took off today did anyone else think in their heads…? (in a mock Raymond Baxter voice):

‘….and, she flies……’

…..just me then?



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……..praise be, a moment of silence for Concorde……

Great day for aviation . Congratulation to all involved.Looking FWD to fly it.

well i'll be damned. it really does fly! :eek:

Interesting posts so far, so much bull**** , interposed with some well informed contributions from those who know what they are talking about.. a marvellous day for civil aviation, sincere congratulations to all involved in the A 380; I am not at all biased, I fly Boeing for a living, but I know progress when I see it. Come on guys, we all enjoyed seeing that big bastard getting airborne, just admit it!!

Yes, the fat lady can sing.........:ok:

Very impressive sight, it's absolutely huge!! But what a sore to the eye. Such an ugly duckling compared to the swan of the skies, her little sister A330!:)