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It was this morning, at around 11am, over Toulouse.
One hour before, four A380 out of the five flight test aircrafts took off one after the other.
MSN009, powered by US made GP7200 engines, took the lead and the formation flight demonstrated that despite all the critics, the A380 is real…
More pics on my “Toulouse Diary” post.
By: symon - 31st August 2006 at 20:50
Excellent! I bet their TCAS must have been going nutty 😉
By: -Steph- - 31st August 2006 at 20:25
here is the vid from Airbus!
Stunning!
By: Ren Frew - 31st August 2006 at 01:18
Actually, I had to force myself to take photo rather than just enjoying the view! 😀
Something I constantly contend with.. 😀
By: PMN - 30th August 2006 at 22:45
Err… WOW… Stunning as ever Steph… Err… WOW…!
Paul
By: -Steph- - 30th August 2006 at 20:43
As far as remember, sound was very low. They were with flap1 config, just to sustain low speed flight, so power was far from max.
Unfortunately I didn’t see the take-off, but I was in Lagardère building at that time and didn’t even noticed they took the sky.
By: fightingirish - 30th August 2006 at 20:26
It’ll never fly……. :D:D:D
Most impressive, Steph. I can only imagine what that flypast must have sounded like!!! 😎
How is the sound, is it louder than 4 B747’s, and how much time or meters were between them during takeoff and landing?
By: -Steph- - 30th August 2006 at 20:20
Actually, I had to force myself to take photo rather than just enjoying the view! 😀
By: Grey Area - 30th August 2006 at 20:06
It’ll never fly……. :D:D:D
Most impressive, Steph. I can only imagine what that flypast must have sounded like!!! 😎
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