I’ve flown on a huge number of passenger aircraft and the A380 is without doubt the most comfortable, extremely quiet, flys smoothly through turbulence like nothing else. What a shame the current economics caused by a number of factors that could never have been foreseen have halted production. Thankfully with Emirates having over 100 and other airlines now bringing theirs back from various parking graveyards I think we will see this beauty in the air for the next 20 years.
@@theodorethynes5883 cool didn't know about the conversations but figured if the 747 as both versions thin airbus would eventually build one/or one would exist eventually
Billions invested, millions of work hours passionate humans gave their precious life time ... and to see the end of this incredible machine is painful. Gigantism mostly never pays out, that teaches us history again and again, since very long.
The A380 is the most comfortable and reliable, quiet lounge in the air to fly in, I love it, my longest flight was Lufthansa, Frankfurt to Narita, Japan, and back, arrived ready for anything, each way. Beautiful stunning well equipped aircraft. Perfect for long flights.
Watching this for the first time way into the future in Jan 2023 after seeing these massive Big Birds flying from most UK airports on livefeeds, I am so in awe of them, enthralled, how they even manage to get off the ground let alone fly! Superb video from beginning to end. Well done cataloguing its progress and thank you for sharing it with us all. This newbie o.a.p lady avigeek thoroughly enjoyed it! Xx 🙂😁🥰
Once I flew on an A380, I tried to arrange my schedule to always fly on the A380. I am sad it has been discontinued, but I understand and expect great new flying machines from Airbus and Boeing. This video is a remarkable piece of film. The size of the job of building the A380 is captured well.
Europe for the win. The combined knowledge embodied in the European aerospace community is unmatched. The real value is with the engineering teams & dedicated skilled manufacturing personel, in Hamburg, Wales, Spain, and of course Toulouse.
I witnessed this completely unmarked 'monster' during its flight trials coming into Perpignan Rivsaltes Airport performing a number of 'touch-and-goes', before it finally departed. It came in so low to the A900 road which runs alongside the airport, almost touching the perimeter fence on its final descent, before lifting off again for another 'go around' and then departed back to home base (Toulouse). I have some staggering photos as a memory of this auspicious occasion, some so close you could almost touch the undercarriage as it came in !!!
A beautiful aircraft loved by many travellers and probably crew. An enjoyable smooth and safe experience when airborne. My thanks to the designers and Airbus for the pleasant flights I've had. I started flying with piston engined, then turbo prop planes. I think barring some major global upheavals this wonderful machine will be flying for decades.
37:08 “... delivery note signed. " Well, at least someone was at home, and awake. I guess an A380 fuselage isn't something you can leave under the back porch if no-one answers the door.
I’ve been flying since I was 2 years old and have traveled in just about every kind of aircraft there is commercial, military and private. To this day my absolute favourite is the 747 wide body with the original seating arrangement.
I have flown the 747 and the A380, and the A380 is by far the best aircraft. No doubt and no competition. It is a step up from the iconic 747. A true marvel of engineering. And with boeing issues these last few years, airbus is the "man"
@11:15 it is said that 250 A380 planes would need to be sold in order to break even. Wikipedia reports that 251 planes were ultimately sold and delivered. @11:42 in this video, it is said the cost of an A380 is 265 million U.S. Dollars. So after all this effort, has Airbus Industrie only made a profit of 265 Million USD?
yes, but no door blowouts and loose bolts. Passengers are safer in the airbus and with it's reputation AND A CHANGING MARKET and world after covid, I prefer a non-American cpy, who does not put profit first above else
They don’t really build in the middle of nowhere. All the production sites in Toulouse France, Spain, UK, Germany are all long established Aero manufacturing partner facilities thru Airbus.
@@soilentgreen7 yeah I got slagged off for saying nothing wrong with being gay just stop trying to prove it and be a human being. People were not happy with that comment. Still would have liked to see an a380 in their colours
just flew on an a380 from san francisco to london heathrow. smoothest buttery landing due to its massive ground effect. but it wallowed like a big boat in a storm during 2hrs of turbulence and made me sick. also it lacks the increased cabin pressurization like 787 or a350 so not comfy.
Sadly it didn't become top dog because it's simply too large. Only Emirates use them around here, on the Glasgow-Dubai route. An absolutely amazing aircraft, it's simply HUGE. The last on was manufactured in 2021.
It's still unclear exactly how much Airbus lost on every one of the 254 they built before halting production. But one thing is clear, John Leahy became very wealthy regardless, and would probably prefer you not to watch this video, lol.
Incidentally the doors and the wheels must be able to drop under their own weight with potentially tremendous wind scenario crosswinds everything possible..
Didn’t he say, “This aircraft cannot fail.” As in because of the amount of money that has been invested failure is not an option. He was not saying it cannot fail as in the Titanic cannot sink. I think if you give it a second go you will understand where I am coming from. He said they have invested to much to just fail.
@@BobSmith-sc6dq source? The project was able to break before the end of production I thought. Important to note is that the Dreamliner didn’t break even until 1000 were sold so there are huge cost differences for what was much more innovative and iconic aircraft (A380)
@Horizon301 they started making a per aircraft profit near the end (for the majority they took a loss) - that's no where near the 25 billion development cost.
An amazing project for an amazing aircraft. Unfortunately the market is moving in other direction and it's not compatetive anymore, same destiny for the Queen B747. I could just say that the decision to produce the A380 in Toulouse was idiotic, if they estabilished the production site, in an industrial area in an Atlantic port (i.e. Saint-Nazaire) they could save an huge amount of money in logistic and keep the prices more competitive. But we know this kind of decision are moved by political rather than by technical and business evaluation.
now it's a dream most who have not been on this plane will regret it is shame we did not get the chance to step on this plane to see a seat in this plane those who did enjoy the flight
@@lukezhang3017 yes, I confused it with UA232. Regardless, the engine cowling should withstand both types of failure and not lead into an uncontrolled explosion which could (and did) damage other parts of the aircraft or the cabin itself.
@@captainzeppos Yes, that was a failure on rolls Royce's part. And I think both of them were the same failure, of the turbine. Just one was fatigue(UA232) and the other was because of an oil leak (qf32).
Seriously that engine is the most important thing to keep company afloat.. so to speak ten or twenty fan blade test multiple breakage do to bird strikes etc
1:0:45, plans are prepared in months but goes for a six once the first bullet is fired, but there is , of course a difference between a battle field and engineering factory
With airlines choosing the more passenger Convenient point to point system over the hub and spoke model this plane was designed for kind of doomed the program and is the reason it wasn’t profitable.
Incidentally when they caught bin laden they built a duplicate compound with the high walls the 12 foot high walls... Again and again they tested their procedure... Mock run on the mission... With so many extraneous people watching this and knowing beforehand.. needing to know status stretched to the limit... Possible moles.... When they got there to do it somehow air pressure was very anomalous... The copter almost crashed actually did tell right up against wall just barely not striking... Could they have for known this mission... And had jet engine somehow pushing air pressure up in that compound surreptitiously from somewhere... Possibly firing it directly at that helicopter.
The Americans designed and built the 747 all by themselves but Airbus had to get 4 countries to design and build the A 380 .Boeing 747 -1254 Airbus A 380 - 252
I hope you realize how many subcontractors Boeing uses for the 747, many of which are European. Airbus has planes with GE engines, Boeing had planes with Rolls Royce engines, etc. Guess who designed the landing gear for the 787 (and most of Boeings planes) - Messier-Dowty, a French company. 🤦♂️ You also have to remember that France is smaller than Texas, so when you say “Americans” and “all by themselves” you’re talking about a VASTLY larger country. The Airbus consortium and its subcontractors are very similar in size to Boeing domestic and foreign combined subcontractors for any given aircraft. I wouldn’t get too cocky either - Boeing is now HOW far behind schedule and over budget for the Starliner? A relatively small low earth orbit capsule for the ISS. Airbus designed and flew the VASTLY more complicated and larger Orion capsule for deep space lunar missions a decade ago, and it performed flawlessly during Artemis 1 last year. I’m an American btw, but it’s still important to be humble (and accurate) with info.
The evacuation slide process isn't a true representation of the atypical passenger demographic. There are elderly to consider, children and those with learning or physical disabilities.
It's an incredible achievement no doubt. I feel that its basic design though played a role in its commercial failure. Ultimately, it could not overcome extremely capable and reliable aircraft chiefly the 777-300ER. This video repeats the fib that the 747 survived because it had no competitors. This is simply not true. Not in a reality where Boeing has built 20 different versions of the 747; there has been just one version of the A380. Boeing continuously improved their institution of aviation, and it outlived every competitor thrown at it - and seemed to be ahead of time for a while. The world changed though, and all good things come to an end.
@@sharoncassell9358 There's a special success ingredient missing from the A380. It's technically impressive for the sake of being technically impressive without matching that achievement to the market. The 747 had it - product flexibility and the ability to keep absorbing the march of technology in order to stay relevant. Just look at the roles the 747 took on. On the 777-300ER, Boeing demonstrated a product that lined up technical prowess, super reliability, efficiency, capability and regulatory (ETOPs) requirements to corner its market segment right at the sweet spot, with sales of nearly 840 units.
Well things didn't end up working out for the 380 or Airbus. "Make it really big" was it's ultimate failure. It was already going against market trends when it was being designed.
If you ever flew on an A380 you had to ask why they built such a monstrous airplane. The creaking was disconcerting. I am glad I experienced it for myself. I have no desire to ever get on one again.
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard of anybody flying on one who doesn’t wax lyrical about its quietness and stability. I’ve flown on maybe a dozen and never noticed any creaking. It’s a magnificent aircraft to fly on.
@@soilentgreen7 Were you in my A380 flight from JFK to Frankfurt in 2014 when the plane was creaking? Sort of like telling victims of plane crashes that planes do not crash because you have never experienced it. The plane does not hold a candle to the 747.
@@QatarVegan Have you read any of the reports concerning the cracks found on A380s? Forget the creaking that I heard. I do not believe in following crowds. Just because a million people like it does not mean there are no problems. When I flew on the A380 I wanted it to be a flawless experience. It wasn't and the creaking wasn't the worst thing about my 2 flights and why I will never fly on an A380 again.
The sheer difference here between airbus and Boeing, since the 90s Boeing had rushed EVERYTHING and only cared about one thing which is stock prices and money, but with airbus each person is there for their love for engineering or whatever their role is and they’re not punished for that unlike at Boeing and the proof is in the pudding, they DO make the best planes and look my favourite plane is the Boeing 757-300 but I’m not gonna let my preference delude myself from realise that airbus planes are just the fucking best 😂😂😂😂and it’s just that simple 😂
What an unrealistic evacuationslide test. 1. Most of this volunteers looked rather in good shape and normal posture. Not a real represantasing of real passengers?as pensioners, families with babies and kids, fat people,... 2. They do a stretching exercise to warm up? Not realistic because in most cases an evacuation like this happens after an accident in final approach, meaning that tired passengers were sitting in their seats for hours,... 3. Everybody is rather relaxed because they know they are safe. What about panic and low visibility due smoke, fire and toxic gasses in the cabine? In fact a worthless test
1) where the hell do you expect them to find 80 year old grandma's or 2 year old babies willing to volunteer for a dangerous test evacuation on an aircraft that's never been tested? 2) Yes. They are stretching to warm up. Because if they didn't, the company could be sued for malpractice, and the test wouldn't be very efficient if half the test subjects pulled a muscle or bashed their head open... 3) They're testing the equipment, not the humans. Did you want them to be sprayed with a fire hose while doing jumping jacks trying to dodge carbon monoxide clouds? Sounds more like an obstacle course than an evacuation slide test lol. Finally, if you think that was the only evacuation test to ever be performed on that aircraft, you might wanna rethink the amount of practical and theoretical testing done without Channel 4 cameras rolling...
You are correct about it being un-representative of real world conditions. However, this is a test of the slides design, and as an engineered test it has to be performed under controlled and quantifiable parameters. Such quantifiable parameters include a certain average weight, size, and phsical ability of the people testing the system. If the engineers at Goodrich do their job properly, they will include safety margins to acomodate for all sizes, shapes and weights of passangers. This is standard practice in the safety industry (automobile seat belts & air bags, fighter jet ejection systems, deep sea diving)
I’ve flown on a huge number of passenger aircraft and the A380 is without doubt the most comfortable, extremely quiet, flys smoothly through turbulence like nothing else. What a shame the current economics caused by a number of factors that could never have been foreseen have halted production. Thankfully with Emirates having over 100 and other airlines now bringing theirs back from various parking graveyards I think we will see this beauty in the air for the next 20 years.
UPS bought 10-20 of them to convert into freighters
@@theodorethynes5883 is that actually happening? I thought the idea of a freighter had died?
@@mogsyman no it’s not true
@@theodorethynes5883 cool didn't know about the conversations but figured if the 747 as both versions thin airbus would eventually build one/or one would exist eventually
@@theodorethynes5883 no they didn't, nice try
Billions invested, millions of work hours passionate humans gave their precious life time ... and to see the end of this incredible machine is painful. Gigantism mostly never pays out, that teaches us history again and again, since very long.
Yes a true marvel, no doubt I have been very fortunate to have flown on Qantas A380-800 many times. Summed up in one word WOW!
F-WWOW
Charles Champion... That's a hell of a name. You literally must do something very important to live up to it.
WOW, What a massive undertaking to build a plane. Makes me have a whole new level of respect for everyone involved.😊
The A380 is the most comfortable and reliable, quiet lounge in the air to fly in, I love it, my longest flight was Lufthansa, Frankfurt to Narita, Japan, and back, arrived ready for anything, each way. Beautiful stunning well equipped aircraft. Perfect for long flights.
Very Interesting and without any BS. Thanks
I'd have cheered quite sheepishly too....what an awesome engineering marvel
Watching this for the first time way into the future in Jan 2023 after seeing these massive Big Birds flying from most UK airports on livefeeds, I am so in awe of them, enthralled, how they even manage to get off the ground let alone fly! Superb video from beginning to end. Well done cataloguing its progress and thank you for sharing it with us all. This newbie o.a.p lady avigeek thoroughly enjoyed it! Xx 🙂😁🥰
Once I flew on an A380, I tried to arrange my schedule to always fly on the A380. I am sad it has been discontinued, but I understand and expect great new flying machines from Airbus and Boeing. This video is a remarkable piece of film. The size of the job of building the A380 is captured well.
We're all pilots on here
I always see the Emirates A380 here at Toronto pearson, and I'm always amazed by the sheer size of this colossal beast of an aircraft.
Best part: at 1 hour almost exactly, buddy is cranking the torque wrench while wearing his suit. That's great.
Europe for the win.
The combined knowledge embodied in the European aerospace community is unmatched.
The real value is with the engineering teams & dedicated skilled manufacturing personel, in Hamburg, Wales, Spain, and of course Toulouse.
USA for the win.
The 747 is the better looking airplane ✈️
@@85corolla no it isn't you biased little man
@@soilentgreen7 Oh here comes the ghetto personal attack comeback🤣 Get the fuck outta here kid and go play with your 1/64 scale model 380👍
@@85corolla door plugs wheels falling off .. software taking control hmm..
Boeing is terrible
But 747 is from another era.
Sorry
@@soilentgreen7Opinions are subjective you dickless man with no brains
Crazy idea landing gear worm gear crank assist... Maybe even cable spinning crank to get past tuff spot . With appropriate reduction gears
I witnessed this completely unmarked 'monster' during its flight trials coming into Perpignan Rivsaltes Airport performing a number of 'touch-and-goes', before it finally departed. It came in so low to the A900 road which runs alongside the airport, almost touching the perimeter fence on its final descent, before lifting off again for another 'go around' and then departed back to home base (Toulouse). I have some staggering photos as a memory of this auspicious occasion, some so close you could almost touch the undercarriage as it came in !!!
Proud of our european Aviation industry ❤ 🇪🇺
Does anybody know where I can get the take off music at the end, just brilliant, a great documentary. Thanks
Wonderful! ... simply wonderful.
Love the A380.
A beautiful aircraft loved by many travellers and probably crew. An enjoyable smooth and safe experience when airborne. My thanks to the designers and Airbus for the pleasant flights I've had. I started flying with piston engined, then turbo prop planes. I think barring some major global upheavals this wonderful machine will be flying for decades.
EXCELENTE......
Great video
The gamble never paid off. A beautiful plane in every way. Such a shame they are no longer produced.
@b52gf16c Better hurry!
@b52gf16c They said they needed 250 to break even, they built 239. I wouldn't call that a disaster.
My wife 🥰😍🇹🇭?
but will still be flying in to the 2030's
@@rickden8362 why hurry, they will be flying well in to the 2030's
37:08 “... delivery note signed. " Well, at least someone was at home, and awake. I guess an A380 fuselage isn't something you can leave under the back porch if no-one answers the door.
I’ve been flying since I was 2 years old and have traveled in just about every kind of aircraft there is commercial, military and private. To this day my absolute favourite is the 747 wide body with the original seating arrangement.
I agree.We flew to L A on a 747 in 1996.
Mine too...
I have flown the 747 and the A380, and the A380 is by far the best aircraft. No doubt and no competition. It is a step up from the iconic 747. A true marvel of engineering. And with boeing issues these last few years, airbus is the "man"
@11:15 it is said that 250 A380 planes would need to be sold in order to break even.
Wikipedia reports that 251 planes were ultimately sold and delivered.
@11:42 in this video, it is said the cost of an A380 is 265 million U.S. Dollars.
So after all this effort, has Airbus Industrie only made a profit of 265 Million USD?
But they have a great reputation.
Unlike.. other airplane manufacturers...
Whoops?
yes, but no door blowouts and loose bolts. Passengers are safer in the airbus and with it's reputation AND A CHANGING MARKET and world after covid, I prefer a non-American cpy, who does not put profit first above else
WELL DONE!
Great information!
What blew my mind was how they build all their factories in the middle of nowhere.
They don’t really build in the middle of nowhere. All the production sites in Toulouse France, Spain, UK, Germany are all long established Aero manufacturing partner facilities thru Airbus.
Just find out about the colossal loses.
@@abeninan4017 sea-tac style under one roof looks cheaper plus more efficient and it's next to the main port-sea
Beautiful aircraft ❤❤work of art ❤❤❤❤
Our world would be lost without machines
Less music and/or lower volume would be much appreciated
Nice video,!
And, why the apparent obsession with music on Utube ? What does it have to do with aircraft building ?
I'm looking forward to flying on one to Dallas in a couple of months time.
Magical bit of enginnering history! Shame Branson was in the program.
Would have loved to see virgin use the A380. First and business class would have been interesting
nah not now, have you seen their latest adverts, male pilots weraing skirts etc
@@soilentgreen7 yeah I got slagged off for saying nothing wrong with being gay just stop trying to prove it and be a human being. People were not happy with that comment. Still would have liked to see an a380 in their colours
just flew on an a380 from san francisco to london heathrow. smoothest buttery landing due to its massive ground effect. but it wallowed like a big boat in a storm during 2hrs of turbulence and made me sick. also it lacks the increased cabin pressurization like 787 or a350 so not comfy.
They said they had to build 250 to break even. They made 254.
so they made a profit after all. No-one foresaw covid and if the 747 was built in this era, it too would have gone the same way
Sadly it didn't become top dog because it's simply too large. Only Emirates use them around here, on the Glasgow-Dubai route. An absolutely amazing aircraft, it's simply HUGE. The last on was manufactured in 2021.
If Howard Hughes were alive he would have asked Airbus to hold his beer!!! 🤷♂️
He is a private entity. Airbus loses are footed by taxpayers.
Anyone know what the song is at around 55:16?
An absolute marvel of engineering - 360p resolution!
It's still unclear exactly how much Airbus lost on every one of the 254 they built before halting production. But one thing is clear, John Leahy became very wealthy regardless, and would probably prefer you not to watch this video, lol.
Very interestng.When was this filmed.
Watch it to the very end. The date MMV is given.
Incidentally the doors and the wheels must be able to drop under their own weight with potentially tremendous wind scenario crosswinds everything possible..
This aircraft cannot fail. And yet... With a mondial pandemic and some others economic factors, this is indeed what happened.
Didn’t he say, “This aircraft cannot fail.” As in because of the amount of money that has been invested failure is not an option. He was not saying it cannot fail as in the Titanic cannot sink. I think if you give it a second go you will understand where I am coming from. He said they have invested to much to just fail.
@@SyriusStarMultimedia Yeah, and it did fail. Only 254 made, production terminated, and a loss of £25 billion to Airbus.
@@BobSmith-sc6dq source? The project was able to break before the end of production I thought. Important to note is that the Dreamliner didn’t break even until 1000 were sold so there are huge cost differences for what was much more innovative and iconic aircraft (A380)
@Horizon301 they started making a per aircraft profit near the end (for the majority they took a loss) - that's no where near the 25 billion development cost.
@@BobSmith-sc6dq it didn't fail as a masterpiece of engineering. Boeing fanboi are you
An amazing project for an amazing aircraft. Unfortunately the market is moving in other direction and it's not compatetive anymore, same destiny for the Queen B747.
I could just say that the decision to produce the A380 in Toulouse was idiotic, if they estabilished the production site, in an industrial area in an Atlantic port (i.e. Saint-Nazaire) they could save an huge amount of money in logistic and keep the prices more competitive.
But we know this kind of decision are moved by political rather than by technical and business evaluation.
I am not sure if
The A380 was definitely the new Queen Of The Skies ! 👍 Pity these aircraft never caught on, the way the French envisaged.
Never,ever! There is only ONE Queen of the Sky, and it is damned European!
That’s not true.
..em..
Them and the Concorde too. Planes we love are extinct. It is 😮 a shame, waste. It hurts to see scrapyard pieces also. There must be a better way.
It's August 2024 now & Covid is coming back.
Cannon plug quick disconnect point on tail camera.
I rode one from Hong Kong to Portland. It was as stable as a house.
You definitely didn’t fly on an A380 to Portland directly; it’s airport probably doesn’t even have the capacity for such a large aircraft
now it's a dream most who have not been on this plane will regret it is shame we did not get the chance to step on this plane to see a seat in this plane those who did enjoy the flight
Branson didn't buy it in the end
1:06:35 what about QF32…
qf32 was a turbine on the inside, not a fan blade.
@@lukezhang3017 yes, I confused it with UA232. Regardless, the engine cowling should withstand both types of failure and not lead into an uncontrolled explosion which could (and did) damage other parts of the aircraft or the cabin itself.
@@captainzeppos Yes, that was a failure on rolls Royce's part. And I think both of them were the same failure, of the turbine. Just one was fatigue(UA232) and the other was because of an oil leak (qf32).
@@lukezhang3017 not really a Rolls Royce failure, no need to be bitter because it didn't have GE's on it
@@soilentgreen7 well, no its actually because quality control
what vests are they wearing,
are those parachutes 😅
Beast 😍
Seriously that engine is the most important thing to keep company afloat.. so to speak ten or twenty fan blade test multiple breakage do to bird strikes etc
Incidentally I wonder is there a weight requirement for getting on that plane how about 800 ....250 to 300 pounders
They are talking about rebooting production
Great plane, it's really sad that they've yet to turn a profit, still having to pay back the massive loans..
did virgin ever buy them?
No. Branson did lots of appearing and posturing and then couldn’t afford it
1:0:45, plans are prepared in months but goes for a six once the first bullet is fired, but there is , of course a difference between a battle field and engineering factory
Branson on the front page, didn't even buy any the clown. Worked on the wings 🪽 great British manufacturing
Hell same Milwaukee drill to run cable driven hydraulic pumps on flaps also.
Kick Ass Video !
he got to be a Sir" along with McCartney...kinda cheesy...does it mean anything?
what a shame that A380 production has already been shut down
It’s all COVID’s fault
and started scrapping
I love it and it will always will be in history! Even the 747 got kicked to the curb!
They both got kicked to the curb..
The 747 had a 50 year production run, approximately.
Big difference from A380
@@johnduffy532 yeah, I ment in a good way too
@@johnduffy532 50 year run of being a noisy boneshaker
They're in cargo now.
I witness this huge aircraft came to florida at Miami international airport
the 747 8 is the best plane ever
747...still king of the skies
Agree.
@@BrianKitching-wv5nhactually she’s called the queen of the skies
It’s a shame Virgin Atlantic haven’t got any in their fleet as it would look great in their livery
Now that's a big one! That's what she said!
40:09 😆 🤣 he took another look
Vanesha Prescilla 25.10.1999
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Music revealing the airplane goosebumps
I would love to fly in a 747 and an A380 but I doubt I ever will. I don't have the money for something like that. I wish I did.
With airlines choosing the more passenger Convenient point to point system over the hub and spoke model this plane was designed for kind of doomed the program and is the reason it wasn’t profitable.
It was a successful failure. Best wishes from Limerick Eire. 😊
Bigger is always the best options are in the long run.
Cents " sense" the best way to get Rich.
Transportation is one way to multiple your money.
In the slide test where are the elderly people or obese people ? It’s all young for people
Virgin Airlines never took a delivery of an A380 despite all indications in this video they would.
MERRY CHRISTAMAS
Nothing comes close to an a380 absolute beast of an aircraft
Yes airbus build a new A380 plain with new engine you can do it
Wait a minute big Tesla car battery kept charged... totally separate wiring harness.. to run mechanically compressors for hydraulics
Fully charged Milwaukee drill to turn that crank for landing gear why not.. plugged into "cigarette lighte"r to stay charged.. but shouldn't need to.
They never thought it would be done so fast. 747 they made 1000 plus. This only 100 plus. It’s a shame. Great plane but just to big
Incidentally when they caught bin laden they built a duplicate compound with the high walls the 12 foot high walls... Again and again they tested their procedure... Mock run on the mission... With so many extraneous people watching this and knowing beforehand.. needing to know status stretched to the limit... Possible moles.... When they got there to do it somehow air pressure was very anomalous... The copter almost crashed actually did tell right up against wall just barely not striking... Could they have for known this mission... And had jet engine somehow pushing air pressure up in that compound surreptitiously from somewhere... Possibly firing it directly at that helicopter.
Wrong video, pal.
The Americans designed and built the 747 all by themselves but Airbus had to get 4 countries to design and build the A 380 .Boeing 747 -1254 Airbus A 380 - 252
I hope you realize how many subcontractors Boeing uses for the 747, many of which are European. Airbus has planes with GE engines, Boeing had planes with Rolls Royce engines, etc. Guess who designed the landing gear for the 787 (and most of Boeings planes) - Messier-Dowty, a French company. 🤦♂️
You also have to remember that France is smaller than Texas, so when you say “Americans” and “all by themselves” you’re talking about a VASTLY larger country. The Airbus consortium and its subcontractors are very similar in size to Boeing domestic and foreign combined subcontractors for any given aircraft.
I wouldn’t get too cocky either - Boeing is now HOW far behind schedule and over budget for the Starliner? A relatively small low earth orbit capsule for the ISS.
Airbus designed and flew the VASTLY more complicated and larger Orion capsule for deep space lunar missions a decade ago, and it performed flawlessly during Artemis 1 last year.
I’m an American btw, but it’s still important to be humble (and accurate) with info.
@@EstorilEm you are a very poor advertisement for an American and America .
So you want to compare the American population of about 345 million with just France do you? - with its 68 million people.
250 to break even and they made 254 minus 3 test aircraft.
The evacuation slide process isn't a true representation of the atypical passenger demographic. There are elderly to consider, children and those with learning or physical disabilities.
Fan blade test okay that's one............ Come on we've got to at least do 10.
Humanity can do some amazing things but at the same time can do some stupid things too.
greed drives this strange human society, whether it’s of money or innovation, greed has it all. We the poor humans 😂
It's an incredible achievement no doubt. I feel that its basic design though played a role in its commercial failure. Ultimately, it could not overcome extremely capable and reliable aircraft chiefly the 777-300ER.
This video repeats the fib that the 747 survived because it had no competitors. This is simply not true. Not in a reality where Boeing has built 20 different versions of the 747; there has been just one version of the A380. Boeing continuously improved their institution of aviation, and it outlived every competitor thrown at it - and seemed to be ahead of time for a while. The world changed though, and all good things come to an end.
Its still an engineering and mechanical feat. Like magic.
@@sharoncassell9358 There's a special success ingredient missing from the A380. It's technically impressive for the sake of being technically impressive without matching that achievement to the market.
The 747 had it - product flexibility and the ability to keep absorbing the march of technology in order to stay relevant. Just look at the roles the 747 took on.
On the 777-300ER, Boeing demonstrated a product that lined up technical prowess, super reliability, efficiency, capability and regulatory (ETOPs) requirements to corner its market segment right at the sweet spot, with sales of nearly 840 units.
Well things didn't end up working out for the 380 or Airbus. "Make it really big" was it's ultimate failure. It was already going against market trends when it was being designed.
project coordinator ....
If you ever flew on an A380 you had to ask why they built such a monstrous airplane. The creaking was disconcerting. I am glad I experienced it for myself. I have no desire to ever get on one again.
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard of anybody flying on one who doesn’t wax lyrical about its quietness and stability. I’ve flown on maybe a dozen and never noticed any creaking. It’s a magnificent aircraft to fly on.
Then you've clearly never flown on one
@@soilentgreen7 Were you in my A380 flight from JFK to Frankfurt in 2014 when the plane was creaking? Sort of like telling victims of plane crashes that planes do not crash because you have never experienced it. The plane does not hold a candle to the 747.
@@QatarVegan Have you read any of the reports concerning the cracks found on A380s? Forget the creaking that I heard. I do not believe in following crowds. Just because a million people like it does not mean there are no problems. When I flew on the A380 I wanted it to be a flawless experience. It wasn't and the creaking wasn't the worst thing about my 2 flights and why I will never fly on an A380 again.
The sheer difference here between airbus and Boeing, since the 90s Boeing had rushed EVERYTHING and only cared about one thing which is stock prices and money, but with airbus each person is there for their love for engineering or whatever their role is and they’re not punished for that unlike at Boeing and the proof is in the pudding, they DO make the best planes and look my favourite plane is the Boeing 757-300 but I’m not gonna let my preference delude myself from realise that airbus planes are just the fucking best 😂😂😂😂and it’s just that simple 😂
What an unrealistic evacuationslide test.
1. Most of this volunteers looked rather in good shape and normal posture. Not a real represantasing of real passengers?as pensioners, families with babies and kids, fat people,...
2. They do a stretching exercise to warm up? Not realistic because in most cases an evacuation like this happens after an accident in final approach, meaning that tired passengers were sitting in their seats for hours,...
3. Everybody is rather relaxed because they know they are safe. What about panic and low visibility due smoke, fire and toxic gasses in the cabine?
In fact a worthless test
1) where the hell do you expect them to find 80 year old grandma's or 2 year old babies willing to volunteer for a dangerous test evacuation on an aircraft that's never been tested?
2) Yes. They are stretching to warm up. Because if they didn't, the company could be sued for malpractice, and the test wouldn't be very efficient if half the test subjects pulled a muscle or bashed their head open...
3) They're testing the equipment, not the humans. Did you want them to be sprayed with a fire hose while doing jumping jacks trying to dodge carbon monoxide clouds? Sounds more like an obstacle course than an evacuation slide test lol.
Finally, if you think that was the only evacuation test to ever be performed on that aircraft, you might wanna rethink the amount of practical and theoretical testing done without Channel 4 cameras rolling...
You are correct about it being un-representative of real world conditions. However, this is a test of the slides design, and as an engineered test it has to be performed under controlled and quantifiable parameters.
Such quantifiable parameters include a certain average weight, size, and phsical ability of the people testing the system.
If the engineers at Goodrich do their job properly, they will include safety margins to acomodate for all sizes, shapes and weights of passangers. This is standard practice in the safety industry (automobile seat belts & air bags, fighter jet ejection systems, deep sea diving)
The test was the strength of the slide.
More bs. I agree. Some passengers are old fat bad leg. They exaggerate how well the slide worked.
Resolution of 360 just unacceptable these days