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KABOOKIE
10/4/2007, 11:07 AM
The Airbus A-380 "World's Fattest Plane" passed over the ICT this morning to salute those Wichitans who helped design the wing structure. I snapped this shot shortly before there was a partial eclipse of the sun. ;)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9728/dsc03793yb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
JohnnyMack
10/4/2007, 11:09 AM
Is that the one Bruce ordered?
sooneron
10/4/2007, 11:12 AM
Those birds must be ginormous!!!
Boomer.....
10/4/2007, 11:19 AM
Those birds must be ginormous!!!
They're teradactles.
colleyvillesooner
10/4/2007, 11:41 AM
Those birds must be ginormous!!!

Those aren't birds, they're fighter jets...
Viking Kitten
10/4/2007, 11:46 AM
:les: SIZE MATTERS!!!!1

(Hee hee. When I read the first post, I thought for a second Kabookie was saying the plane flew over First Time Caller this morning.)
OklahomaTuba
10/4/2007, 12:14 PM
Very cool.

Oh, and screw Airbus. ;)
C&CDean
10/4/2007, 12:31 PM
I call it the "Commiemobile."
SoonerBBall
10/4/2007, 12:54 PM
Airbus A300 > Boeing 747-400. At least for flying to Singapore and back. Screw those small *** seats with no leg room in the 747.
SoonerStormchaser
10/4/2007, 02:08 PM
Airbus has built the only planes that have ever scared me flying. Are the wings really supposed to flap like mallards when encountering light turbulence? The Boeing's and McD-D's out there sure as hell don't!

Besides...who'd want to fly on planes where you risk the tail snapping off?
Turd_Ferguson
10/4/2007, 02:39 PM
The Boeing NG's have composite wings like the scairbus.
OklahomaTuba
10/4/2007, 03:09 PM
Airbus A300 > Boeing 747-400. At least for flying to Singapore and back. Screw those small *** seats with no leg room in the 747.

I hate that trip.

I did the US-Tokyo-Singapore route last time, and it was much better.

And Singapore Airlines F'n rocks!
StormySooner-IN
10/4/2007, 03:15 PM
Airbus has built the only planes that have ever scared me flying. Are the wings really supposed to flap like mallards when encountering light turbulence? The Boeing's and McD-D's out there sure as hell don't!

Besides...who'd want to fly on planes where you risk the tail snapping off?I've never been on a Airbus before, but I've been on Boeings and Mickey D's.

My dad works for teh Big Airlines, and I've been on every one in the fleet before several times. Never have I noticed any Mallard Like symptoms on the plane. When we flew on the 777 twice, we hit some turbulence, and they bounced a little bit, but a whole lot.

The tail incident scared me. On our way to Hawaii we hit a wake. It was different then regular turbulence. It was like going over a Ginormous air speed bump. It knocked **** around everywhere.

Spek for the Pic, BTW.