Posted on 04/01/2007 9:04:15 AM PDT by llevrok
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Boeing Finally Announces 'The Big One' Sun, 01 Apr '07
Double Trouble For The A380 Program? ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: "Sick and tired of all the hype... that's what we are," says an anonymous Boeing spokesmen just prior to the surprise roll-out of the doubly fascinating new Boeing 747-38.
Boeing sources agree that the inspiration for the new design were rooted in a few documents left over from past Boeing Boss Phil Condit -- who became enamored of a concept he read about seven years ago... on ANN!
"Phil never quite got over the idea of a new Boeing that basically used the same parts we've been building all along... the adaptation of two fuselages to a 747 derivative airframe gave him the inspiration for what he gleefully called 'Boeing's P-38.' And after all the hype over the A380 got under everyone's skin, we just couldn't pass up the chance to one-up the Airbusters once and for all... I mean, they'll never do a twin fuse A380... the wiring would keep them stumped for decades."
The inaugural B747-38 is expected to start flight testing as soon as Seattle finishes reinforcing the taxiway and runway for the test flights which should feature initial takeoff weights of 1.3 million pounds. The first bird is also a 'combi' configuration in which one side is configured to carry passengers and the other strictly for freight and those passengers too cheap to pay the extra $25 to check a bag. The airframe features dual, fully functional cockpits, and allows crew duty restrictions to be side-stepped by simply switching flying chores from one cockpit to the other when a crew's rest time comes due.
What day is it today anyways?
Boing? Boeing.
My bad title spelling: Boeing
If you drive buy the Boeing plant in Everett, Wa, you can see this thing out on the tarmac. It's beautiful.
I love it!
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Judging by the date in your pic, this joke is fairly old, but still funny.
Airbus has their own newer version.
While most of the the spotlight on Airbus recently has been focused on the plight of the planemaker's German and French operations and employees, work behind the scenes has focused on the development of a new triple-deck A380 option that would seat 1,023 people in an all-economy class configuration.
Airbus has already received EASA and FAA certification for its 1,023-seat A380D, which is very novel, aviation wise, for its third deck evacuation plan.
The latest A380 variant features 24 emergency door exits, 10 on the main deck, six on the second deck, and eight on the third deck, with three separate and independent evacuations
Don't you think that there would be center of gravity problems if freight is fully loaded on one side and there are no passengers on the other?
The wings would be awfully heavily loaded. This configuration has two 747's using just a little more than one set of wings. Wouldn't you have to take up lots of cargo space with fuel tanks. If you really needed the capacity of two 747's woulnd't it be better just to have two 747's? Only a handful of routes in the world require two or more 747's to take off within minutes of each other. How would you get the airbridge to the port side of the starboard fuselage? Wouldn't the plane's wingspan be too wide to park the plane in an 80 meter by 80 meter space? With the engines spaced so wide apart, wouldn't it be restricted to a small list of airports with taxiways and runways widended and separated further apart for the A380?
If Boeing were really going to announce this, don't you think they'd use their current Dreamliner livery rather than their 1988 house livery for testing the 747-400? What king of fools does Areo-News Network think we are?
LOL! I love it.
LOL... it's crazy but it just might work!!!
Hmmm... what's todays date?
April fool?
Other aircraft, beside the P-82, include this guy:
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