LOL

Comes as no suprise, really. The 767 order book has seen very little activity for a while now, and it’s not going to get any better ever again in the civilian front.

That’s superb! Airbus is going to burst the order book this year. 😀

Incidentally, on this thread on a.net new pictures of the A380 can be found. Some of them include at least one Trent 900 engine in place.

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1807010/

It’s looking better by the day! 🙂

Very nice.

But what’s with the tail? It looks as if it’s been photoshopped or blurred…

LOL, until I scrolled down to read the info I though this was some kind of rocket mounted on top for research or something.

Now that would be a way to improve take off performance… 😉

The thing is, it is difficult to define ‘better’. It all depends on whom is asserting the aircraft.

Some a/c might have a higher performance than others. But unless this is a serious drawback for the operating company, they’re not going to care. Aviation enthusiasts and pilots alike might, for example, marvel at the power and performance of the 757, which by most accounts is better than that of an A321. But if the 321 does the job at a lower cost then as far as the airline is concerned it is the ‘better’ aircraft for their operations.

I’m only guessing since I don’t know anyone in the industry, but unless the pilots have a serious issue with a particular model I would imagine the airlines are going to be more concerned with the economics of the aircraft than with whether the pilots enjoy the performance and flying experience of one model over the other.

That must have made a bit of a splash…