By: Pte1643 - 19th May 2006 at 09:55
Quite an impressive beast, but boy is it UGLY.
The B747 still looks nicer IMO, much more graceful. 🙂
And let’s not “Write Off” the 747 yet, don’t forget Boeing have more than 30 years headstart in the Super-Jumbo category.
Boeing fan… 😀
By: Manc - 18th May 2006 at 21:20
here’s my shot of it today
By: Future Pilot - 18th May 2006 at 21:15
Loving all these shots! just wish I was there myself.
By: fightingirish - 18th May 2006 at 20:03
Nice wif…., ahh, aircraft! 😉 😀 🙂
By: Planetmike - 18th May 2006 at 19:56
Some very nice pictures in this thread…
My wife is a surveyor at Heathrow and has the luxury of an airside pass so, whilst I was stuck at home she sent me these to tease me a bit…
On the stand…
Now she’s just showing off! 😮
Cheers
Mike
By: BHXlocal - 18th May 2006 at 17:54
Some cracking shots there! It is a superb aircraft 😀
By: Ren Frew - 18th May 2006 at 17:28
Crowds were almost Concorde-esque..
Virgin girl 1: “Oh my we’re going to be late getting to work for Sir Richard’s airline…”
Virgin girl 2: “Don’t worry, the plane’s going to be much later!” 😉
By: Mark L - 18th May 2006 at 16:49
Heres my best effort from LHR today, just the one I’m afraid:
By: philgatwick05 - 18th May 2006 at 16:28
Great shots there.
The BBC had the kindness to film it for us:
By: danohagan - 18th May 2006 at 15:57
A380 says “Hello Heathrow”
Made a last-minute decision to hot-foot it to Heathrow today, and I’m glad I did…
Bang on cue she arrived:
Crowds were almost Concorde-esque..
The moment of aviation history was live on BBC Radio Five Live…
And this old girl’s days as Queen of the Skies, might just be numbered…
Great thing to witness.
By: APG - 18th May 2006 at 15:30
And here it is on its next “stop” Filton:
By: sjwmoore - 18th May 2006 at 14:32
Some not too great pics of the Broughton flyby this morning, from my office
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By: A330-300 - 18th May 2006 at 13:55
Excellent photos there. 🙂
By: Deano - 18th May 2006 at 13:51
Hi James
Thanks, the 380 was extremely quiet (in Jet Engine terms), it really was quite surprising
By: Manston Airport - 18th May 2006 at 13:34
🙁 Sad I can not be there wow brilliant pictures there have to visit LHR when VA are flying them.
Was it loud the A380.
PS reporting live from Caen France going good so far.
James
By: Deano - 18th May 2006 at 13:08
Tartan you’re all heart, what would we do without you
Here are the 1st batch from Filton, apologies for the quality of some, it come over REAL dark during the last approach then after it had departed for Heathrow the heavens opened for a good half hr, good timing me thinks
And the 2nd approach to runway 27
By: wilag - 18th May 2006 at 13:06
No pics, but I did pick him up on the scanner and at 11:30 he flew over where I live heading towards Liverpool, was around 10,000 ft, looked pretty big.
By: Tartan Pics - 18th May 2006 at 12:53
A380 pics (post them here)
Ha!! got you looking, OK who will be first to post pics of the whales UK trip today??
Have created this thread to save on possible loads of threads of it;
So lets be havin’ em,guys!!
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