The Paris Air Show opened yesterday at Le Bourget airport and Airbus showed its A380, the world's largest airliner. You probably know that this giant plane will be able to carry up to 840 passengers. But when I saw it flying today, it had no passengers. And sincerely, it was more pleasant to see this big aircraft from the ground than to be inside. During air shows, pilots are doing things that will lead all the passengers to use their sickness bags. Anyway, it was a gorgeous sunny day in Paris and I've selected a few pictures for you.
Of course, for big kids like me, the real stars were the jet fighters, such as the Mirage 2000 and the Rafale from Dassault Aviation, or the Sukhoi Su-27SMK from Russia. It's absolutely incredible to watch these planes. On the other hand, they're so noisy, even at subsonic speeds, that their potential enemies would hear them before seeing them. Or maybe not, I'm not a specialist!
But I digress and here are some pictures of the Airbus A380.
Here you can see the A380 on the ground, and it's really BIG!
Before their demonstrations in the air, the A340-600 and the A380-800 were pulled on the tarmac.
Of course, when it's flying, the A380 looks like another commercial plane, simply slightly bigger.
Finally, here is the Airbus A380 flying above the Boeing 777.
If you want to see more pictures of the Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show, you should look at this slide show on Yahoo! News (96 photos as of today).
Source: Roland Piquepaille, June 14, 2005
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