Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I flew in one on one of my recent trips to Asia or the US, but I do not remember which airline (not Emirates, I avoid those oil sheik airlines). Awesome plane, indeed. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 19 Apr 2015, at 02:22, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >