A380 pics in YFB

ettw · Post by **ettw** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:32 am

Hope this works

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Guido · Post by **Guido** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:50 am

Wowee! What a beast... thanks for the pics, dude!

Snowgoose · Post by **Snowgoose** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:10 pm

Did they paint it all white so they could be inconspicuous?

Spinner · Post by **Spinner** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:22 pm

very nice!!!!

Zapp Brannigan · Post by **Zapp Brannigan** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:22 pm

Yeah, like we wouldn't notice that bird.

737 Mech · Post by **737 Mech** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:24 pm

Simply awesome!!

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:30 pm

I'll try to post a pic or two as soon as I figure out how to shrink them. What good is a 5 mp camera when it comes to uploading anyway?

Fatass · Post by **Fatass** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:04 pm

That prick is impressive. Sorry, no pics. But, the Lynden Hercules parked infront of it suddennly looks like a dwarf.... Not that there is anything wrong with that.

gonefishin' · Post by **gonefishin'** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:12 pm

SWEET!!!
Looks like they should have no problem doing some "COLD" weather testing...... BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:31 pm

I'll try to post a pic or two as soon as I figure out
how to shrink them. What good is a 5 mp camera
when it comes to uploading anyway?

Hey co-joe...... Check out

http://irfanview.com/

It is a free photo viewing and editing program that is easy to use.

Big Pratt · Post by **Big Pratt** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:16 pm

Well, with all due respect for the technological chalenges needed to overcome the problems that arise during the design of such a big bird, it's a classic example of BIG being NOT beautiful (yet probably economical to operate)

I find that it looks like a big dildo with wings.

Just a question of time till somebody who's good with photoshop posts an interesting paintjob <hint hint>

bigfssguy · Post by **bigfssguy** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:49 pm

They should have done there testing in Churchill. We are almost as cold and ....well i would get to see it land here. LOL! I'm so jealous, makes me wish i was posted in Iqaluit........or maybe not.

scm · Post by **scm** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:50 pm

If you have winXP, microsoft's image resizer works well. just right click on the picture file and go to "resize pictures"

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... ySetup.exe

hydro · Post by **hydro** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:08 pm

bigfssguy wrote:They should have done there testing in Churchill. We are almost as cold and ....well i would get to see it land here. LOL! I'm so jealous, makes me wish i was posted in Iqaluit........or maybe not.

No No No. It should have came to Yellowknife! Oh wait.. its a balmy -15 here, who'd have thought.. Yellowknife being too warm?!

hydro

Draggin' Tail · Post by **Draggin' Tail** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:08 pm

Like I tell all my buddies ... big can be beautiful, especially when it's cold outside.

CID · Post by **CID** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:01 am

It looks like Iqaluit is too balmy for testing this week. Too bad that beast needs such a long (and wide) runway. Not alot of options for it.

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:06 pm

Hydro: Were you in town when the 777 was here? That sucker barely fit, and caused huge headaches. The A380? No way...

No more BS · Post by **No more BS** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:58 am

Hey!!

If you go on airliners.net and search for A380, you get 20+ pages of pics of the bird...

PMA909 · Post by **PMA909** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:20 pm

[quote="Fatass"]That prick is impressive. Sorry, no pics. But, the Lynden Hercules parked infront of it suddennly looks like a dwarf.... Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Where is the photo with the A380 and the Herc ? Was there one posted ?[/quote]

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:28 pm

Looks like they painted it white so they could hide in snowstorms easier. Does Iqaluit have enough fuel and hotel space for the airplane and crew?

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:11 pm

oldtimer wrote:Looks like they painted it white so they could hide in snowstorms easier. Does Iqaluit have enough fuel and hotel space for the airplane and crew?

Affirm, They only brought about 40 people with them.

Thanks for the info on posting pics. I used to use yahoo, but they invalidate their links every few days so I had to keep re-updating them to keep the pics on here. I'll try a few more options and post the ones I have as soon as I get a moment. Life just got a great deal busier today...

The interesting thing I heard about the big bus is that from the A320 to the 380 (or any of their other busses) is only a 1 week conversion course. Pretty impressive foresight on the part of the french eh?

grounded · Post by **grounded** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:31 pm

So if the power goes out in YFB, they can give almost everybody in town a warm place to sit until the generator gets fixed. They could take everyone from the town I live in with just one trip! Awesome!

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:41 pm

co-joe wrote:
oldtimer wrote:Looks like they painted it white so they could hide in snowstorms easier. Does Iqaluit have enough fuel and hotel space for the airplane and crew?
Affirm, They only brought about 40 people with them.

Thanks for the info on posting pics. I used to use yahoo, but they invalidate their links every few days so I had to keep re-updating them to keep the pics on here. I'll try a few more options and post the ones I have as soon as I get a moment. Life just got a great deal busier today...

If need be I can host them on my server for you, co-joe... but judging by the number of hits on this thread, that may be a bad idea if they're of any significant size. PM me if you can't get them up elsewhere!

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:39 pm

Hmmm, it's a bit smaller than I remember, but thanks pictiger I guess?

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:50 pm

A380 pics in YFB

A380 pics in YFB

A380 with Herc