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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."

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  1. What are they for really. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Planes this big are used to deliver all the printed Slashdot comments to Africa so that people without internet access could still read them.

    Then again, maybe Osama ordered this one?

  2. hey! by koekepeer · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have a good job, and do live in the Western world. Still I can't ignore what is wrong with this society. Our wealth is at the cost of others, it will always stay like this when we keep on pushing down the poor and say they should work harder.

    It's very easy to judge from a luxurious armchair.

    Anyway, I think this discussion is getting way off-topic, and I don't want to pick a fight (unlike what some moderators tend to believe).

    Let's just say you're right, and I'm wrong, nkay ;-)

  3. Re:Popular Front for the Liberation of Europe by necrognome · · Score: 0, Troll

    This "thing" you're using to send a post to /.? You know, the Internet? Al Gore, my countryman, invented it. You're welcome.

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  4. How many muslims will it take to blow it up? by kaltkalt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow that's a big plane. It will surely take more than one Muslim to blow it up. Or maybe not - maybe it's so bit that it would be easy to hit with a shoulder-launched SAM. Great.

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