Posts Tagged ‘Airbus A380’
 

 

OPINION: What Makes a Great-Looking Jetliner?

“Aesthetically it’s no 747, but it’s a handsome plane,” I wrote of the 787 previously in a column. “Confident in a way not unlike its older and smaller sibling, the 757.”
by Patrick Smith
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January 18th in Aviation History: A380 Unveiled, United Flt 266 Crashes Into Pacific Ocean

The Airbus A380 is unveiled, the F-4 Phantom is yanked from front-line service, Bell makes its 25,000th Helo, United Flight 266 crashes, as well as Capital Airlines Flight 20.
by NYCAviation Staff
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UPDATED x2: 2013 Dubai Airshow Order Roundup

Within hours of opening, the 2013 Dubai Airshow had already seen multiple aircraft order records broken. But just who ordered all of those planes and what did they get for their billions?
by Ben Granucci
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The number 2 engine of VH-OQA, which sustained an uncontained failure

Australian Transport Safety Bureau Releases Final Qantas Flight 32 Report

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Thursday released their final report into the Qantas A380 uncontained engine failure over Indonesia on November 4, 2010. The 305 page report gives a full account of the major incident, ...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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Emirates A380 at sunset. Credit: Emirates

Emirates Announces Los Angeles A380 Service

On Wednesday morning, Emirates Airline announced that they will be upgrading their service to LAX from the Boeing 777-300ER to the Airbus A380 starting December 2nd, 2013, adding to the already incredible amount of A380s that L...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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