I got confused driving around East Midlands…seemed I was going in out of counties at a higher rate than airport movements

I doubt if it was anything like that at all.

So Boeing doesn’t get State help???

8.7 BILLION dollars tax break

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-01/boeings-puget-sound-job-cuts-has-unions-questioning-billions-in-state-tax-breaks

An A.380F would not be able to carry a Beluga load.

The Beluga is a large capacity freighter…the A.380F would be normal wide bodied freighter size on two floors, not one big space.

Interest they are now A.330 based.

A couple of years or so ago they said they were going to build new Belugas based on A.340’s

So then, they can’t say what or when if the technology is not developed.

Have they learned nothing from the 787 when they promised a timescale for untried material and failed hopelessly to meat the promised timescale.

IO doubt very much it will look like the poic above. Just another fanciful idea of the future that never comes about.

There was some sucess in the USA but only after the electrucal system was ripped out and the whole thing re fitted.

There was also trouble in the RAF operating on grass with the props tips hitting the ground.

It looked nice but was a disaster to operate and maintain

I didn’t realise it still flew and I can’nt imaging why it still was to be honest.

The noise is an issue at low level not altitude. Airport tend to be built on the ground and aircraft landing are usually pretty low…hence the nuisance.