Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And "silent" on top of this. Well all things compared ;-) Amities Philippe Le 19 avr. 2015 ? 12:03, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit : > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information