A380 @ LAX review (photos) !!

[SoPictureThis]

Hi everyone,

Taking an extra long Thanksgiving holiday here, at our home in L.A. with my family, I took full advantage of the planned A380 visit to LAX. As you may know, the flagship Airbus arrived yesterday (Wednesday) and will leave LA tomorrow (Friday) for Sydney, Australia. Today, however, the super jumbo performed a media flight for 150 guests of Airbus and Qantas Airways, and in addition, I was given the special opportunity to tour the aircraft while on static display -- some fantastic photo opportunities.

I thought you all may be interested in seeing these shots, despite the limited quality. I'm not really a fan of interior images, like many others, so, I'll keep that and other elements of aviation photography I don't particularly care for to a minimum.

That being said, I present to you photos I captured while on my visit aboard the giant with the flight engineer overseeing the A380 programme, as well as others I took these past two days. Enjoy:


















http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/QantasSign.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/A380_takeOff_112907.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/A380_hill.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/2A380_LAX_112807.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/A380_wingview.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/A380_econ.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/A380_cockpit.jpg


Myself with James!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/LAXspotr/me380.jpg







Congratulations to Airbus for engineering a spectacular aircraft that will revolutionize flight for years to come. I'm proud to be French! Vive le Airbus Industrie!!!

- jMay

[mirrodie]

Hey Josh, nice pics buddy. Thanks for sharing

[Iberia A340-600]

I love the two departure shots, Josh.

You are a very lucky guy to have gotten on board the prototype aircraft!

[T-Bird76]

Great shots Josh! Glad you were able to get on her! Now lose those Grandpa sunglasses! :twisted:

[G-BOAD]

Excellent Shots Josh!
What a great opportunity to see the 380 up close and go inside.
The wing shot is great. Also the cockpit is really nice.
But the last shot is the best! Haha Must have been some day

[PhilDernerJr]

Nice stuff. I didn't know it was going to LAX again. I like the photo and light of the Imperial Hill (assume it's from there) shot.

[lijk604]

Great stuff Josh, that wing and those engines really look massive out the window.
Lucky guy to get that access.

[AirtrafficController]

Great report Josh of the A380. Nice to see you have a clean shave :D

[ChrisW]

Josh,
As always - great work.
-Chris

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots Josh - nice to get the access to get inside!

[njgtr82]

Great shots Josh, looks like you had much better weather this time around.