The wings for the A380 were made in a factory in NE Wales called Broughton in the UK and I was lucky enough to see these massive wings moved from the factory to the River Dee where they were floated by barge to a port to be transported to France to be attached to the fuselage.
Fantastic to see the 380 back in service again, flew on a BA 380 in 2021 incredible experience, so unbelievably quiet on take off, a fantastic aircraft hope they continue in service for many years to come.
super proud of Qantas flying into Dallas....i lived in D in the 90s and constantly go back n forth from Brisbane.also thankful for all the hours of connecting flights it eliminated
Yeh as an aside to a comment I made earlier, when were departing for Australia were amazed how large an airport Dallas Forth Worth is, from actually moving to taking off I think it took something like 20 plus minutes to line up on our departure runway, I thought London Heathrow was big but this is one large airport.
DFW is the only airport in the world with 7 operational runways. So depending on which gate you departed from and the runway you took off from...your estimate of 20 plus minutes is on the mark. There is common saying that the DFW airport is larger than the island of Manhattan. This is, in fact, true: Manhattan is 22.82 square miles. DFW is 27 square miles. norberthaupt.com/2019/11/03/size-of-the-dallas-fort-worth-airport-dfw/
When these Quantas long distance flights were a daily thing, I’d see the massive thing on its departure from DFW - I’d be out each night, around 10pm cst, with my German shepherds for our nightly run on our golf course and this massive bird would come up over grapevine lake, from DFW airport (about 10 miles away), banking westward as it climbs up into the night sky.... very cool sight
You're very welcome. No worries, glad you enjoyed it. I'm like you, I get the aerodynamics of flight but I'm still amazed that something that immense gets off the ground.
Yeh my wife and I flew on this one out of Sydney, Australia back in 2018 all I can say really is it was a great flight and very comfortable and that's in economy, we've flown on lots of long haul flights and some are quite noisy, but when you're actually on the A380 you can hardly hear a sound they are so quiet, the only downside for us was the flight took nearly 16 hours, we both love flying but that was a bit too long and also I'm continually amazed at how such a large machine can take off carrying all that weight, it speaks volumes for the people who design this awesome aircraft.
Rolololololol..... Thank you for providing the laughable comedy that I really wasn't expecting this evening. Although I'm not a fan of profanity.... This was very entertaining. The Dolphins are the Angels of the sea world. Flying through the waves a jet speed. I thoughtfully enjoyed this....... ~Shalom~ 🕊 🌞 🤴🏾 🐏🐑🐏🕎🐏🐑🐏 👑 👸🏽 🌕
You're very welcome. When I first saw the original video (with no audio) that song immediately came to mind and I was laughing as I added it. Thanks for appreciating it. Today I actually had a co-worker ask if I'd seen the "Get out the way" dolphin video. He had no idea I was the one who added the audio!
Yes, it was. Water cannon salutes are also used when pilot is retiring and flying his last flight. They are used here (DFW airport) when a plane load of soldiers return home.
I live in Dallas and Qantas QF7/QF8 is a welcome guest at DFW. It's currently our only A380 visitor since Emirates scaled back to a 777 for EK221/EK222. Interestingly, the A380 only ever lands and departs on the west side of DFW airport. Despite (International) terminal D being on the west side, this may have something to do with weight limits on the taxi bridges across International Parkway.
