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Flying the Airbus A380

Posted by Zonk on from the everything-should-come-with-a-bar dept.

FloatsomNJetsom writes "So the largest passenger airplane in the world actually is pretty large inside — Popular Mechanics has a great article and video from their test flight on the brand new double-decker Airbus A380. This includes footage of takeoff, interviews with the pilot and test engineer, a rundown on the bar, the two staircases, and an attempt to walk down a crowded aisle from one end of the plane to the other without having to say 'excuse me.'"

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  1. Re:Too big - simultaneous boarding on both decks by wakaranai · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apparently, many airports are planning to use 3 jetway bridges for simultaneous boarding on both decks of the A380

    This paper discusses A380 boarding efficiency:
    http://www.math.washington.edu/~morrow/mcm/alex_ev an_harkirat.pdf

  2. Re:Too big: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    What you say is completely wrong.
    1. The required time for evacuating an aircraft is 90 seconds. They made it in 78. This is definitely not barely.
    2. The volunteers represented the typical passenger mix (except from people using wheel chairs). This is required by the FAA/EASA.
    3. Minor or moderate injuries are acceptable when evacuating a burning aircraft, better a broken arm then beeing burned.