I’ve flown on a huge number of passenger aircraft and the A380 is without doubt the most comfortable, extremely quiet, flys smoothly through turbulence like nothing else. What a shame the current economics caused by a number of factors that could never have been foreseen have halted production. Thankfully with Emirates having over 100 and other airlines now bringing theirs back from various parking graveyards I think we will see this beauty in the air for the next 20 years.

@theodorethynes5883

Жыл бұрын

UPS bought 10-20 of them to convert into freighters

@mogsyman

Жыл бұрын

@@theodorethynes5883 is that actually happening? I thought the idea of a freighter had died?

@mickelwarren2598

Жыл бұрын

@@mogsyman no it’s not true

@richardprice5978

Жыл бұрын

@@theodorethynes5883 cool didn't know about the conversations but figured if the 747 as both versions thin airbus would eventually build one/or one would exist eventually

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

@@theodorethynes5883 no they didn't, nice try

Yes a true marvel, no doubt I have been very fortunate to have flown on Qantas A380-800 many times. Summed up in one word WOW!

@clarencetaylor7455

Жыл бұрын

F-WWOW

Charles Champion... That's a hell of a name. You literally must do something very important to live up to it.

Best part: at 1 hour almost exactly, buddy is cranking the torque wrench while wearing his suit. That's great.

Watching this for the first time way into the future in Jan 2023 after seeing these massive Big Birds flying from most UK airports on livefeeds, I am so in awe of them, enthralled, how they even manage to get off the ground let alone fly! Superb video from beginning to end. Well done cataloguing its progress and thank you for sharing it with us all. This newbie o.a.p lady avigeek thoroughly enjoyed it! Xx 🙂😁🥰

They said they had to build 250 to break even. They made 254.

I witnessed this completely unmarked 'monster' during its flight trials coming into Perpignan Rivsaltes Airport performing a number of 'touch-and-goes', before it finally departed. It came in so low to the A900 road which runs alongside the airport, almost touching the perimeter fence on its final descent, before lifting off again for another 'go around' and then departed back to home base (Toulouse). I have some staggering photos as a memory of this auspicious occasion, some so close you could almost touch the undercarriage as it came in !!!

Once I flew on an A380, I tried to arrange my schedule to always fly on the A380. I am sad it has been discontinued, but I understand and expect great new flying machines from Airbus and Boeing. This video is a remarkable piece of film. The size of the job of building the A380 is captured well.

@RobertJamesChinneryH

Жыл бұрын

We're all pilots on here

I always see the Emirates A380 here at Toronto pearson, and I'm always amazed by the sheer size of this colossal beast of an aircraft.

I'd have cheered quite sheepishly too....what an awesome engineering marvel

I’ve been flying since I was 2 years old and have traveled in just about every kind of aircraft there is commercial, military and private. To this day my absolute favourite is the 747 wide body with the original seating arrangement.

Very Interesting and without any BS. Thanks

What blew my mind was how they build all their factories in the middle of nowhere.

@LAGoodz

Жыл бұрын

They don’t really build in the middle of nowhere. All the production sites in Toulouse France, Spain, UK, Germany are all long established Aero manufacturing partner facilities thru Airbus.

@abeninan4017

Жыл бұрын

Just find out about the colossal loses.

@richardprice5978

Жыл бұрын

@@abeninan4017 sea-tac style under one roof looks cheaper plus more efficient and it's next to the main port-sea

If Howard Hughes were alive he would have asked Airbus to hold his beer!!! 🤷‍♂️

@abeninan4017

Жыл бұрын

He is a private entity. Airbus loses are footed by taxpayers.

The A380 is the most comfortable and reliable, quiet lounge in the air to fly in, I love it, my longest flight was Lufthansa, Frankfurt to Narita, Japan, and back, arrived ready for anything, each way. Beautiful stunning well equipped aircraft. Perfect for long flights.

Europe for the win. The combined knowledge embodied in the European aerospace community is unmatched. The real value is with the engineering teams & dedicated skilled manufacturing personel, in Hamburg, Wales, Spain, and of course Toulouse.

@85corolla

Жыл бұрын

USA for the win. The 747 is the better looking airplane ✈️

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

@@85corolla no it isn't you biased little man

@85corolla

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 Oh here comes the ghetto personal attack comeback🤣 Get the fuck outta here kid and go play with your 1/64 scale model 380👍

Crazy idea landing gear worm gear crank assist... Maybe even cable spinning crank to get past tuff spot . With appropriate reduction gears

EXCELENTE......

747...still king of the skies

Love the A380.

The gamble never paid off. A beautiful plane in every way. Such a shame they are no longer produced.

@rickden8362

Жыл бұрын

@b52gf16c Better hurry!

@asdf3568

Жыл бұрын

@b52gf16c They said they needed 250 to break even, they built 239. I wouldn't call that a disaster.

@larshegland9521

Жыл бұрын

My wife 🥰😍🇹🇭?

@ant2312

Жыл бұрын

but will still be flying in to the 2030's

@ant2312

Жыл бұрын

@@rickden8362 why hurry, they will be flying well in to the 2030's

Our world would be lost without machines

Great video

Beautiful aircraft ❤❤work of art ❤❤❤❤

Great information!

A beautiful aircraft loved by many travellers and probably crew. An enjoyable smooth and safe experience when airborne. My thanks to the designers and Airbus for the pleasant flights I've had. I started flying with piston engined, then turbo prop planes. I think barring some major global upheavals this wonderful machine will be flying for decades.

37:08 “... delivery note signed. " Well, at least someone was at home, and awake. I guess an A380 fuselage isn't something you can leave under the back porch if no-one answers the door.

An amazing project for an amazing aircraft. Unfortunately the market is moving in other direction and it's not compatetive anymore, same destiny for the Queen B747. I could just say that the decision to produce the A380 in Toulouse was idiotic, if they estabilished the production site, in an industrial area in an Atlantic port (i.e. Saint-Nazaire) they could save an huge amount of money in logistic and keep the prices more competitive. But we know this kind of decision are moved by political rather than by technical and business evaluation.

@danielhursey6534

Жыл бұрын

I am not sure if

just flew on an a380 from san francisco to london heathrow. smoothest buttery landing due to its massive ground effect. but it wallowed like a big boat in a storm during 2hrs of turbulence and made me sick. also it lacks the increased cabin pressurization like 787 or a350 so not comfy.

Magical bit of enginnering history! Shame Branson was in the program.

what a shame that A380 production has already been shut down

@alexdavies9162

Жыл бұрын

It’s all COVID’s fault

@troublemotorsport

Жыл бұрын

and started scrapping

Escape slides manufactured in Phoenix Arizona, landing gear manufactured in Toronto Canada, since when have both these countries been part of Europe?

This aircraft cannot fail. And yet... With a mondial pandemic and some others economic factors, this is indeed what happened.

@SyriusStarMultimedia

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t he say, “This aircraft cannot fail.” As in because of the amount of money that has been invested failure is not an option. He was not saying it cannot fail as in the Titanic cannot sink. I think if you give it a second go you will understand where I am coming from. He said they have invested to much to just fail.

@BobSmith-sc6dq

Жыл бұрын

@@SyriusStarMultimedia Yeah, and it did fail. Only 254 made, production terminated, and a loss of £25 billion to Airbus.

@Horizon301.

Жыл бұрын

@@BobSmith-sc6dq source? The project was able to break before the end of production I thought. Important to note is that the Dreamliner didn’t break even until 1000 were sold so there are huge cost differences for what was much more innovative and iconic aircraft (A380)

@davidd5523

Жыл бұрын

@Horizon301 they started making a per aircraft profit near the end (for the majority they took a loss) - that's no where near the 25 billion development cost.

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

@@BobSmith-sc6dq it didn't fail as a masterpiece of engineering. Boeing fanboi are you

I rode one from Hong Kong to Portland. It was as stable as a house.

@madingthree

Жыл бұрын

You definitely didn’t fly on an A380 to Portland directly; it’s airport probably doesn’t even have the capacity for such a large aircraft

Would have loved to see virgin use the A380. First and business class would have been interesting

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

nah not now, have you seen their latest adverts, male pilots weraing skirts etc

@Yeviscount

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 yeah I got slagged off for saying nothing wrong with being gay just stop trying to prove it and be a human being. People were not happy with that comment. Still would have liked to see an a380 in their colours

Incidentally the doors and the wheels must be able to drop under their own weight with potentially tremendous wind scenario crosswinds everything possible..

An absolute marvel of engineering - 360p resolution!

Great plane, it's really sad that they've yet to turn a profit, still having to pay back the massive loans..

Incidentally I wonder is there a weight requirement for getting on that plane how about 800 ....250 to 300 pounders

Branson didn't buy it in the end

It's still unclear exactly how much Airbus lost on every one of the 254 they built before halting production. But one thing is clear, John Leahy became very wealthy regardless, and would probably prefer you not to watch this video, lol.

now it's a dream most who have not been on this plane will regret it is shame we did not get the chance to step on this plane to see a seat in this plane those who did enjoy the flight

They are talking about rebooting production

Seriously that engine is the most important thing to keep company afloat.. so to speak ten or twenty fan blade test multiple breakage do to bird strikes etc

he got to be a Sir" along with McCartney...kinda cheesy...does it mean anything?

The total fuel carried in the A380 weights more than a Boeing 767

Kick Ass Video !

I witness this huge aircraft came to florida at Miami international airport

The A380 was definitely the new Queen Of The Skies ! 👍 Pity these aircraft never caught on, the way the French envisaged.

@jimwalsh8520

Жыл бұрын

Never,ever! There is only ONE Queen of the Sky, and it is damned European!

@SyriusStarMultimedia

Жыл бұрын

That’s not true.

@mohdfahmi8841

Жыл бұрын

..em..

Music revealing the airplane goosebumps

Vanesha Prescilla 25.10.1999 >

Hell same Milwaukee drill to run cable driven hydraulic pumps on flaps also.

With airlines choosing the more passenger Convenient point to point system over the hub and spoke model this plane was designed for kind of doomed the program and is the reason it wasn’t profitable.

Now that's a big one! That's what she said!

Anyone know what the song is at around 55:16?

MERRY CHRISTAMAS

They never thought it would be done so fast. 747 they made 1000 plus. This only 100 plus. It’s a shame. Great plane but just to big

250 to break even and they made 254 minus 3 test aircraft.

As aircraft congestion builds again with the lifting of covid clampdowns the same argument will arise that led to the belief that large passenger carrying aircraft are needed. The A380 had unfortunately fell into various traps. The logistics and build costs were huge as a result of petty political requirements and the airlines not sticking to the plan of working together for the long term good of future large scale aircraft being needed. Using smaller cheaper to run aircraft is an easy quick fix but in the long term, it is not sustainable. Airbus took the gamble that airlines would be reasonable buiness people only to find out the most are run by sharks!

Incidentally when they caught bin laden they built a duplicate compound with the high walls the 12 foot high walls... Again and again they tested their procedure... Mock run on the mission... With so many extraneous people watching this and knowing beforehand.. needing to know status stretched to the limit... Possible moles.... When they got there to do it somehow air pressure was very anomalous... The copter almost crashed actually did tell right up against wall just barely not striking... Could they have for known this mission... And had jet engine somehow pushing air pressure up in that compound surreptitiously from somewhere... Possibly firing it directly at that helicopter.

It's an incredible achievement no doubt. I feel that its basic design though played a role in its commercial failure. Ultimately, it could not overcome extremely capable and reliable aircraft chiefly the 777-300ER. This video repeats the fib that the 747 survived because it had no competitors. This is simply not true. Not in a reality where Boeing has built 20 different versions of the 747; there has been just one version of the A380. Boeing continuously improved their institution of aviation, and it outlived every competitor thrown at it - and seemed to be ahead of time for a while. The world changed though, and all good things come to an end.

@sharoncassell9358

Жыл бұрын

Its still an engineering and mechanical feat. Like magic.

@PauloSergioMDC

Жыл бұрын

@@sharoncassell9358 There's a special success ingredient missing from the A380. It's technically impressive for the sake of being technically impressive without matching that achievement to the market. The 747 had it - product flexibility and the ability to keep absorbing the march of technology in order to stay relevant. Just look at the roles the 747 took on. On the 777-300ER, Boeing demonstrated a product that lined up technical prowess, super reliability, efficiency, capability and regulatory (ETOPs) requirements to corner its market segment right at the sweet spot, with sales of nearly 840 units.

1:0:45, plans are prepared in months but goes for a six once the first bullet is fired, but there is , of course a difference between a battle field and engineering factory

Bigger is always the best options are in the long run. Cents " sense" the best way to get Rich. Transportation is one way to multiple your money.

Nothing comes close to an a380 absolute beast of an aircraft

Wait a minute big Tesla car battery kept charged... totally separate wiring harness.. to run mechanically compressors for hydraulics

Love with the evac thay all do a warm up on a moc up that dose not cove a full one to one scale of the floor of the a380 Also who the fuck has time to do jumping jack before evac of a plane 😒

Humanity can do some amazing things but at the same time can do some stupid things too.

Fully charged Milwaukee drill to turn that crank for landing gear why not.. plugged into "cigarette lighte"r to stay charged.. but shouldn't need to.

greed drives this strange human society, whether it’s of money or innovation, greed has it all. We the poor humans 😂

Well things didn't end up working out for the 380 or Airbus. "Make it really big" was it's ultimate failure. It was already going against market trends when it was being designed.

Didn't a fan blade escape the engine of a Quantis A380 and put a hole in the wing which cut control equipment and caused a fuel leak. kind of a waste of money testing them to destruction when its going to happen any way. They haven't a great lifespan compared to the 747 they have been breaking them up in Shannon Ireland for a while now.

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

another clueless comment, that has nothing to do with the lifespan of the airframe

project coordinator ....

1:06:35 what about QF32…

@lukezhang3017

Жыл бұрын

qf32 was a turbine on the inside, not a fan blade.

@captainzeppos

Жыл бұрын

@@lukezhang3017 yes, I confused it with UA232. Regardless, the engine cowling should withstand both types of failure and not lead into an uncontrolled explosion which could (and did) damage other parts of the aircraft or the cabin itself.

@lukezhang3017

Жыл бұрын

@@captainzeppos Yes, that was a failure on rolls Royce's part. And I think both of them were the same failure, of the turbine. Just one was fatigue(UA232) and the other was because of an oil leak (qf32).

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

@@lukezhang3017 not really a Rolls Royce failure, no need to be bitter because it didn't have GE's on it

@lukezhang3017

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 well, no its actually because quality control

1:02:00 - thats legit pissed off, with good reason

The Americans designed and built the 747 all by themselves but Airbus had to get 4 countries to design and build the A 380 .Boeing 747 -1254 Airbus A 380 - 252

@EstorilEm

7 ай бұрын

I hope you realize how many subcontractors Boeing uses for the 747, many of which are European. Airbus has planes with GE engines, Boeing had planes with Rolls Royce engines, etc. Guess who designed the landing gear for the 787 (and most of Boeings planes) - Messier-Dowty, a French company. 🤦‍♂️ You also have to remember that France is smaller than Texas, so when you say “Americans” and “all by themselves” you’re talking about a VASTLY larger country. The Airbus consortium and its subcontractors are very similar in size to Boeing domestic and foreign combined subcontractors for any given aircraft. I wouldn’t get too cocky either - Boeing is now HOW far behind schedule and over budget for the Starliner? A relatively small low earth orbit capsule for the ISS. Airbus designed and flew the VASTLY more complicated and larger Orion capsule for deep space lunar missions a decade ago, and it performed flawlessly during Artemis 1 last year. I’m an American btw, but it’s still important to be humble (and accurate) with info.

@judefernandez827

7 ай бұрын

@@EstorilEm you are a very poor advertisement for an American and America .

White elephant...

"As of December 2021, the global A380 fleet had completed more than 800,000 flights over 7.3 million block hours with no fatalities and no hull losses." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380

Boeing could of done this...but they were smart enough not to..big plane...big problems

Its a lie, at the time the biggest aircraft was the antonov An 225

This has nothing to do with engineering of the plane.

@robertpalmer3166

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I love it and it will always will be in history! Even the 747 got kicked to the curb!

@dfcart01

Жыл бұрын

They both got kicked to the curb..

@johnduffy532

Жыл бұрын

The 747 had a 50 year production run, approximately. Big difference from A380

@AmericaVoice

Жыл бұрын

@@johnduffy532 yeah, I ment in a good way too

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

@@johnduffy532 50 year run of being a noisy boneshaker

@sharoncassell9358

Жыл бұрын

They're in cargo now.

And this plane was a major failure, it’s an awesome plane and it’s huge and so cool, but it was a major failure

Titanium toilet parts..? Plumber here.. how many toilets do they have on that thing? Better to tell the people not to eat too much.. and then they won't need to bring so much food aboard... And don't give them too much toilet paper..." Is anyone on board a plumber".... Man stands up and says "here you can use my paper cup like a a plunger"

This is all very well. But when I flew on this plane I went to the loo and found no paper. Disgraceful. Plus on take off I dodnt like the noise.

@ghostrider-be9ek

Күн бұрын

which planes have better noise for you?

The most deceiving adventure of all time, a total commercial and technical failure. I miss the 747 jumbo jet and want it back!

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

Please explain to us how its a technical failure then when its an engineering masterpiece

your alarming narrative scares anybody to board this plane away

Resolution of 360 just unacceptable these days

it’s extremely ungainly in landing and a fortune to operate. the only real feasible routes to make any money are ones that will guarantee a full passenger load going to and from places like Sydney to London or Singapore to Frankfurt

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

oh what a surprise, an american who doesn't like it, well let me tell you this, its far nicer to fly on than ANY Boeing

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

UK to Dubai makes money you bellpiece

@americanfreedomlogistics9984

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 10/4

@americanfreedomlogistics9984

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 my being an american has nothing to do with it. o have flown comfortably on the A320 many times.. i have zero problems with Airbus. I was actually looking forward to seeing how the A380 ended up coming out as a passenger plane.

@americanfreedomlogistics9984

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 wow… aren’t you just the badly swollen and infected foreskin ?

What an unrealistic evacuationslide test. 1. Most of this volunteers looked rather in good shape and normal posture. Not a real represantasing of real passengers?as pensioners, families with babies and kids, fat people,... 2. They do a stretching exercise to warm up? Not realistic because in most cases an evacuation like this happens after an accident in final approach, meaning that tired passengers were sitting in their seats for hours,... 3. Everybody is rather relaxed because they know they are safe. What about panic and low visibility due smoke, fire and toxic gasses in the cabine? In fact a worthless test

@sphere70756

Жыл бұрын

1) where the hell do you expect them to find 80 year old grandma's or 2 year old babies willing to volunteer for a dangerous test evacuation on an aircraft that's never been tested? 2) Yes. They are stretching to warm up. Because if they didn't, the company could be sued for malpractice, and the test wouldn't be very efficient if half the test subjects pulled a muscle or bashed their head open... 3) They're testing the equipment, not the humans. Did you want them to be sprayed with a fire hose while doing jumping jacks trying to dodge carbon monoxide clouds? Sounds more like an obstacle course than an evacuation slide test lol. Finally, if you think that was the only evacuation test to ever be performed on that aircraft, you might wanna rethink the amount of practical and theoretical testing done without Channel 4 cameras rolling...

@trespire

Жыл бұрын

You are correct about it being un-representative of real world conditions. However, this is a test of the slides design, and as an engineered test it has to be performed under controlled and quantifiable parameters. Such quantifiable parameters include a certain average weight, size, and phsical ability of the people testing the system. If the engineers at Goodrich do their job properly, they will include safety margins to acomodate for all sizes, shapes and weights of passangers. This is standard practice in the safety industry (automobile seat belts & air bags, fighter jet ejection systems, deep sea diving)

@Yeviscount

Жыл бұрын

The test was the strength of the slide.

@sharoncassell9358

Жыл бұрын

More bs. I agree. Some passengers are old fat bad leg. They exaggerate how well the slide worked.

If you ever flew on an A380 you had to ask why they built such a monstrous airplane. The creaking was disconcerting. I am glad I experienced it for myself. I have no desire to ever get on one again.

@QatarVegan

Жыл бұрын

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard of anybody flying on one who doesn’t wax lyrical about its quietness and stability. I’ve flown on maybe a dozen and never noticed any creaking. It’s a magnificent aircraft to fly on.

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

Then you've clearly never flown on one

@SyriusStarMultimedia

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 Were you in my A380 flight from JFK to Frankfurt in 2014 when the plane was creaking? Sort of like telling victims of plane crashes that planes do not crash because you have never experienced it. The plane does not hold a candle to the 747.

@SyriusStarMultimedia

Жыл бұрын

@@QatarVegan Have you read any of the reports concerning the cracks found on A380s? Forget the creaking that I heard. I do not believe in following crowds. Just because a million people like it does not mean there are no problems. When I flew on the A380 I wanted it to be a flawless experience. It wasn't and the creaking wasn't the worst thing about my 2 flights and why I will never fly on an A380 again.

it failed many went out of service. i flyed on board it many times and i thank god that i flew onboard it.

@bobolulu7615

Жыл бұрын

Every serviceable A380 on the planet is flying and totally booked out by airlines.

Airbus is way better than Boeing

SE FOSSE REAL O N117 JÁ NÃO SE RIA TANTO......

they built a plane for a dying market......

Fard

@mohdfahmi8841

Жыл бұрын

..em..

IT LOST... ONLY ONE AIRLINE COULD AFFORD IT !!!!

And in the final analysis, the A380 lost money for airbus. If I were a European taxpayer, I'd be furious at the waste.

@soilentgreen7

Жыл бұрын

you didn't mind Biden leaving 88 Billion dollars worth of equipment in Afghanistan then

@NSResponder

Жыл бұрын

@@soilentgreen7 What an incredibly stupid response. Of course I object to Biden wasting. my money, too.

You know if you want to show a film do it so that you do not offend the viewers. The garbage audio, the constant war-like dupe, the most un serious of spectacle from which I got a a headache and left the program. Thank you for faking the story and wrapping it in nonsense. Thank you from Oslo.

IT IS A FAILURE !!! AFTER 14 YEARS. ; DISCONTINUED

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