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Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Hopefully everything goes well... And nobody gets hurt...
Originally posted by waynos
Why would they
Making its UK debut after a flight from Berlin, the giant plane had earlier flown over the two UK Airbus sites that designed and made its wings.
Originally posted by mxboy15u
That was a craptacular landing. Good crosswind correction, but then the nose gear hit hard before the other main did. Nice job, looked like a rookie doing the flying.
Originally posted by Low Orbit
Big freakin deal, to me this translates as going to same slow speed as planes have been going for the last 40 plus years
at the same time increasing the amount of time that will be required to board and unboard.
Even if it has 8 times more entrances and exits as existing planes there will still be more people to load and unload hence increasing wait time.
Also, the bigger a plane, the bigger it is as a target.
Thanks but no thanks Airbus.
Originally posted by waynos
The skies are already extremely crowded plus,…
Originally posted by WestPoint23
[The skies are nowhere near crowded.
Originally posted by waynos
Westy, the skies over the major airports are EXTREMELY crowded and ATC is akin to spinning plates on sticks...
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Originally posted by waynos
The skies are already extremely crowded plus,…
Waynos I don’t think this is true, unless you live very near an airport, look up at the sky and count the number of planes you see, 2 perhaps 3? The skies are nowhere near crowded.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Zap, those radar maps are not to scale, if you calculate the density of the planes per mile then you will get a more accurate representation of how crowded the skies are.