jumper03 0 #26 April 27, 2005 QuoteQuote(1) Has it got a ramp? (2) How much is a jump ticket? 500-way anyone? . 500 way? From AirBus website: 555 with 3 class layout... if we took out the seats I'm sure we could manage at least a 650 - 700 way... LOL - by the time the last person exited, the first person would be on the ground..... Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #27 April 27, 2005 More than that. The world record (for most passengers in a plane) right now is about 1200 when El Al flew refugees from ethiopia to israel in a 747. Looked it up on google... it was a 747-200C combi converted to passenger configuration with 760 seats. They folded down the armrests to fit 1200. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #28 April 27, 2005 QuoteQuote500 way? From AirBus website: 555 with 3 class layout... if we took out the seats I'm sure we could manage at least a 650 - 700 way... LOL - by the time the last person exited, the first person would be on the ground..... Naw, its all about placement of exits from the aircraft... the real issue would be exit airspeed... Typical Cruise speed: M 0.85 (ok, I'm an engineer and I don't know this airspeed unit... ) a little help please? Edited to add.. nevermind: M = Mach...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamUK 3 #29 April 27, 2005 Yeah, I heard that despite all this wrangling over Airbus and Boeing, there's several billion dollars worth of transatlantic trade to supply parts for both compaines. There's defininely a lot of EU made bits that appear in Boeing's fleet and vice-versa. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #30 April 27, 2005 QuoteAirbus A380 first flight Beeeer! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #31 April 27, 2005 QuoteLOL - by the time the last person exited, the first person would be on the ground..... TeHe ... I've been on 4 ways that have seemed like that! (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justaflygirl 0 #32 April 27, 2005 wow, Im daydreaming baout how many jumpers you could get on one of those!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #33 April 27, 2005 I'm probably behind the curve on this one, but from the CNN article: QuoteRosay, flight captain Claude Lelaie and their four fellow crew members wore parachutes for the flight in accordance with Airbus policy, spokeswoman Barbara Kracht told The Associated Press. A handrail leads from the cockpit to an escape door that can be jettisoned if the pilots lose control of the plane. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #34 April 27, 2005 Can you imagine if a skydiver was the pilot... DOOR! Go, Go, Go! Later..."I promise you it was GOING to be out of control!" Will you sign my logbook? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travman 6 #35 April 27, 2005 I heard for the first flight they cruised mostly at 10,000 feet. It sounds like they were just teasing skydivers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #36 April 27, 2005 QuoteA handrail leads from the cockpit to an escape door that can be jettisoned if the pilots lose control of the plane. The first Boeing 777 had a door that can be blown off, and a deflector that could fold out to help you get away and down before the airstream took you. On the very first 777 flight, they started doing tests right away, and this included an intentional shut down of one of the engines (2 engines on the 777). I don't know if that is unusual, but it surprised many at the time. The 777 also had about 40 kegs and a lot of piping to allow water to be transferred for easy inflight weight/balance adjustments. Maybe one of them is really a beer keg? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #37 April 27, 2005 QuoteAs ugly and inefficient as the European Union itself. whatever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #38 April 27, 2005 Quote.. but the true natural European mojo only resides in 100% Europeans.. count me in then! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #39 April 28, 2005 QuoteThe French definitely know how to build airplanes... very nice. But, GO BOEING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why go boing? Competition is good, The US government and Boing is all pissed cause Airbus is working on a platform that is 20 years more advanced... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #40 April 28, 2005 QuoteWhy go boing? Benji, you silly. He didn't mean Boing. Although I like boinging myself at times. But that's for another thread. I think he meant "Boeing". The company that makes cute toasters. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #41 April 28, 2005 QANTAS has ordered 12 of them and they should be in service next year 800 passengers hmmm SARDINES springs to mindYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #42 April 28, 2005 QuoteI like boinging myself at times. Sounds uncomfortable. I hope you don't boing yourself so hard that it bleeds. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #43 April 28, 2005 Oh shit I always get confused! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #44 April 28, 2005 QuoteBoing is all pissed cause Airbus is working on a platform that is 20 years more advanced... The 787 is quite advanced, and Airbus can't get their competitor to it, the A350 to get enough interest from airlines. It will be very interesting to see if the A380 is a financial winner. I think it will not be nearly the flop of the Concorde, but not at all a big winner. Scrapping their supersonic airliner was one of the best decisions Boeing ever made.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #45 April 28, 2005 QuoteThe 787 is quite advanced, and Airbus can't get their competitor to it, the A350 to get enough interest from airlines. It will be very interesting to see if the A380 is a financial winner. I think it will not be nearly the flop of the Concorde, but not at all a big winner. Scrapping their supersonic airliner was one of the best decisions Boeing ever made. I agree, I sometimes like to put on my cocky French hat on... And honestly why the hell would I be interested in the Concorde when there is a G550 around the corner... Right?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #46 April 28, 2005 The A380 and the 787 serve very different markets, and I think they'll both do very well. On routes like LON->JFK, SYD->LAX, LAX->NRI, and LON->SYD the A380 will come into its own. The 787 will work really well for the slightly smaller cities. That is, of course, assuming there isn't a trade war due to state subsidies to both airlines (Airbus=cheap loans; Boeing=tax credits & military orders). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #47 April 28, 2005 QuoteWhy go boing? Competition is good, The US government and Boing is all pissed cause Airbus is working on a platform that is 20 years more advanced... If you say so..... but highly unlikely...... And it's "BoEing"... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #48 April 28, 2005 Concorde stopped making money because people didn't care so much about luxury and speed as they did about getting there fore cheap. That's what the A380's going to do best - getting there cheap. I think that the same force is at work in both events. The A350's behind because they quit working on it to get the A380 up and running. Maybe that was an error as they might have ended up handing the smaller field market to Beoing. Maybe they won't care if they start making megabucks off the A380. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #49 April 28, 2005 QuoteConcorde stopped making money because people didn't care so much about luxury and speed as they did about getting there fore cheap.. Concorde was fast, but the crappiest seats ever, and never made money...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #50 April 28, 2005 We get them in 2007....No seats I'll let you know how the door looks"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
