Behold...

More pics...

it would be a lot better if they were faster in stead of bigger IMO

It will be faster at 650 mph, also more fuel efficient.

And you can have one for a small sum of 281 Million. (But big discounts are available according to the brochure.

Think I'll order two, just in case.

Yes, but hurry! Offer valid till stocks last!

I'm gonna need a bigger garage.

Civil aviation lost its bottle and imagination when the media witch-hunts put an end to the Concorde.

So who created this flying deathtrap?

I recall seeing it on the news at Mascot, Sydney but I may be wrong.

It was created by Airbus

Yeah! According to Airbus, Senior Aerospace is the only direct supplier for A380 parts in Kansas. The European jet builder says there are other Kansas companies that subcontract work through other direct suppliers.

Senior Aerospace designed and builds the cockpit air distribution handling system and part of the system used to pull heat away from the avionics in the aircraft's nose.

"We got a little over 200 parts in a shipset, so it's a pretty extensive system," says Rick Slater, Senior Aerospace director of marketing and sales.

Parts for the airplane, unveiled this week, were shipped to France last February. Senior Aerospace has been working on the program for the last 3 1/2 years. The company even sent an engineer to France for a year to work with Airbus engineers to make sure the parts met specifications.

"We are the first non-French ducting supplier to ever be contracted by Airbus," Slater says. "It was a learning experience on both sides. They're a good customer and there was a lot of pride seeing that thing roll out."

He says Senior Aerospace is an equal opportunity supplier and he calls Boeing (NYSE: BA) a good customer.

"My job is to fulfill the needs of our customers," Slater says. "I'm not going to get involved in the debate of who is going to win the aircraft wars."

Now you tell me, when they are to ready to be dispatched!

I meant what country

So it was assembled in the US and will be used by Europe?

I believe it is a french company with the parts being produced all over the world including Germany, the UK, Spain, and of course France.

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autopilot......

Most parts were manufactured in the US and later shipped, I don't think they assembled the plane in US. Initially, I guess it will be used by the Europeans, but, they plan to sell more than 700 of them to other countries in the future. Airbus is already in talks about selling the plane to China.

The first test flight of the A380 will take place in April although Airbus is keeping the exact date under wraps.

They dont even know if it will fly, too heavy ! lol . damn

Oh, great! Now they can fit even more people on an airplane! More people to scream hysterically as the plane goes down in flames!

I hate flying.

Heh heh heh... perhaps now they've installed laughing gas to be activated when the plane's gping down. So instead of screams you'l hear maniacal laughter in the BB recordings.

Howard Hughes would be proud.

Most of the plane is built in vasius places in Europe. Some parts being built in North America.

The wings are being built in England.

~Thanato

How much damage can that thing cause if you were to hi-jack and kamikaze it into something...?

LoL I'd like to see how they handle turbulance standing up sipping a martini.

interesting to see how many of us have irrational fears of flying .