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Originally posted by skippytjc
Originally posted by Element
Yeah, she did it!!! Hope it's the first of a long serie of flights!
Congratulations to the Airbus, EADS, BAE crew who did so well to make here flight...
Dont forget GE for the engines.
Originally posted by Broadsword20068
The crew wasn't totally confident in the engineers though, because they wore parachutes.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
This airplane is very technologically advanced and truly a marvel
but will it make the companies any money?
I have a feeling this will be another Concorde, maybe I'm wrong but well have to wait and see.
Originally posted by RichardPrice
Originally posted by Broadsword20068
The crew wasn't totally confident in the engineers though, because they wore parachutes.
I hope you are being 'funny' - *ALL* first flights require the crew to have parachutes, the 777 crew had them, right back to the 707 and A300.
Originally posted by Vertu
Actually, only orders were placed on this aircraft. None of them were truely sold.
Originally posted by digorius
The A380 is 20 percent overweight right now.