Damn it all the good A340 jokes are taken:}:ouch:

PA

Otherwise known as the 2CV (citroen deux chevaux), the little french car that did not like hills!

Otherwise known as the Airbus "Scenic" - you get to see lots of scenery..:}

yeah but you're not supposed to look up at the scenery are you?:}

Well, as the original thread has been sucessfully hijacked...

Do you guys know why Airbus considers to fit the A340 with a WX radar facing backwards?

So pilots can see when they will be overtaken by a cold front! :}

When Yves Rossy crossed the channel in his 4-engine jet pack, was he using A340 engines?

Smokey,
I was about to put pen to paper, but once again you beat me to it and explained it so basically.
It explains why (generally) western, 4-engine airplanes tend to be runway limited and twins to be 2nd-segment limited.
GSV

May I ask a (probably) silly question ?

Doesn't the B747 have the same characteristics ? If not, isn't it over-powered and hence less economical ?

A couple of years ago I departed on a SAS A340 CPH-ORD. I would swear that as we exited the CTR, we were in G airspace for around 30 seconds, actually exactly at a VFR reporting / holding point where I've been many times at 1400 feet in a Piper 28.

From Gargleblaster, "A couple of years ago I departed on a SAS A340 CPH-ORD. I would swear that as we exited the CTR, we were in G airspace for around 30 seconds, actually exactly at a VFR reporting / holding point where I've been many times at 1400 feet in a Piper 28."

If your climb performance indicates that you will leave controlled airspace then most of us delay lowering the nose and accelerating. If it looks really iffy then you also delay coming back to climb thrust. This can all be done and checked on the ground via the flight management computer.

On most hot and high airports it`s pretty much the norm on the 200/300 series.. Still see lots of scenery though, just a little higher :).

Airpussy and climb in the same sentence? The subjects are not related.

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Is that why the production line is effectively dead? The A340-300 production has all but ceased due to lack of interest from... accountants who usually make the final buy/no buy recommendation for airlines. :}