[Leica] On the Road to Japan - Airbus 380's

[Jim Nichols]

Now those are images that I won't find at the local airport!   Great 
shots, Howard.  You are correct, it is huge.

Nice images. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/18/2015 7:22 PM, H&ECummer wrote:
> Morning Luggers,
> Esther and I have sadly left Miss Eloise and her parents in Hong Kong and have flown to Tokyo to visit our son Russell and his girl friend Kseniya.
>
> At the Hong Kong airport the lounge had good window access to one of the landing runways and so there was an opportunity
> to exercise the Fuji XT 1 and the 50 - 200 zoom taking pictures of landing planes. At the gate just outside the lounge a British Airway
> Airbus 380 was parked. That plane is really big!
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Japan15/BA-Airbus380-HK.jpg.html>
>
> I caught an A380 landing - this one an Emirates Airbus. Landing speed is 250km/h (150mph), maximum landing weight is 394,000kg (869,000 pounds).
> I am amazed the wheels can take the strain!!
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Japan15/EmAB380.jpg.html>
>
> Emirates will be the major user of the airbus 380 with 140 aircraft ordered and 58 aircraft already delivered. Shows what oil money can buy.
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard (in foggy Tokyo this morning)
>
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