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Building the A380

Posted by chrisd on from the i'll-take-two dept.

Gavinsblog writes "The Independent has a report on the construction of the Airbus A380. Amazingly, a ship is being custom-built to ferry parts for assembly, a custom fleet of trucks are also to be used - with roads widened to suit. Oh and the assembly building is the size of two soccer pitches, and the height of an olympic swimming pool."

4 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Useless size comparisons part 1 by fiftyfly · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    and the height of an olympic swimming pool.

    Last time I checked, olympic swimming pools weren't very high. In fact, they actually went down into the floor.

    now is that with or without allowances for touchpads? I mean things could get dicey if Grant Hackett decided to wear shoes, y'know.

    --
    "Sanity is not statistical", George Orwell, "1984"
  2. No photos? by jonr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What is the point of writing an article about the world biggest passengerjet and the buildings it is assembled in, when you have no photos?
    Lazy-ass journalists.

  3. tnx :-) by koekepeer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just marked you as "friend". good to see others with some sense of reality

  4. Re:Popular Front for the Liberation of Europe by kyrre · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    1. Freed your ass from Hitler

    This was done mostly the work of the Soviet Union, when you where busy chasing Japan out of the pacific.