I'm posting from Changi airport in Singapore and there's one of the new A380 Airbuses parked outside. As i was walking through the concourse a woman walked by in the other direction talking to her partner who was about to grab a photo of the new ,machine.
And that's what she said. I'm assuming she meant the plane. And she is right. because its the same length as a 747, but much fatter and the wings are about as wide as the fuselage is long, the thing LOOKS squat and smaller than you might expect.
The first time I flew on a 777 I was seriously impressed by a new plane for the first time in years - a twin engine jet the size of a 747 IS an audacious piece of technology. And I'm sure so is the 380 with its 4 engines the same size as the 777, but, "it looks so SMALL" for the biggest passenger jet that will ever be built.
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