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Airbus A380 currently test flying near Munich
Oberpfaffenhofen airport
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- Airbus A380 to visit Munich in September 2006
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Hey, me too! We were up on the roof at DLR GSOC this morning for the initial fly in. That thing is a BEAST. Really cool.
You also at DLR? I am at the robotic institute mate - practically next to the runway! Well, you too actually. :-)
Will send you a PM.
Will send you a PM.
Yep, I've counted around 15 circles since this morning, flying ridiculously slow (or so it seems) and very very low - looks unreal.
@winglette - did it take off from the Oberpfaffenhofen airfield? My colleages and I were debating whether the field's big enough for that.
@winglette - did it take off from the Oberpfaffenhofen airfield? My colleages and I were debating whether the field's big enough for that.
Nope, it came in this morning from who-knows-where, and immediately started doing circles around "the pattern". I too am skeptical that the runway here is long enough. Better hope they don't need to do an emergency landing.
@theLSB - yep, sounds like I'm just down the runway from you. I'm in the Columbus Control Centre (COL-CC).
@theLSB - yep, sounds like I'm just down the runway from you. I'm in the Columbus Control Centre (COL-CC).
A girl who gets excited by passenger aeroplanes? Will wonders never cease?
So they're flying around this so tests can be conducted from the DLR/Oberpfaffenhofen area? I know there is talk about actually building a new airport at Oberpfaffenhofen to handle domestic flights (there's a big protest billboard in Wessling against this idea), so was wondering perhaps if they were checking decibel levels for the area or something...
Maybe they are flying it here because the IABG, they have a testing centre here...
@Jimbo -
I just got in from watching it going round and round and round over Krailling.
I was expecting something bigger.
I was expecting something bigger.
Does anyone know where the current flight originated from then or where it will be landing?
@SIM
I hope the pilot knows or did he just ring you ?
I travel that autobahn regularly and sometimes the aircraft cross the autobahn really low, which gives you a seriously funny "I fell like I'm being watched" feeling. I suppose with the A380 you'll just think it's a eclipse.
I hope the pilot knows or did he just ring you ?
I travel that autobahn regularly and sometimes the aircraft cross the autobahn really low, which gives you a seriously funny "I fell like I'm being watched" feeling. I suppose with the A380 you'll just think it's a eclipse.
I am the pilot!!!
I'm gonna have to say prob. Toulouse where the things are based.
Ach, so no chance of seeing it land then...
QUOTE (SleeplessInMunich @ Mar 20 2006, 3:49 pm) 
I am the pilot!!!
STOP effin' posting and land the bastard you dope
Will do...but seemingly I have to make it back to Toulouse or somewhere...
No flying under bridges now !
Thought the miserable bugger might have come and done a flypast at Ottobrunn
Only take him a couple of mins from OP
Only take him a couple of mins from OP
Hello everyone,
It seems there are a lot of aviation enthusiasts here ... anyone interested in airshows?
It seems there are a lot of aviation enthusiasts here ... anyone interested in airshows?
No, not really, I always have my camera in the van, so when I see something unusual, like a TTer actually working.. I take a picture of it!
very nice pix Grinner!
You mean like SleeplessInMunich piloting the A380?
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so when I see something unusual, like a TTer actually working..
You mean like SleeplessInMunich piloting the A380?
Some Internet searching finds this..
Orig. Story
So it looks like Emirates is footing the bill for an earlier arrivial/testing of the A380 in Munich...
The orig. story also talks about many of the improvement projects for T1 to bring it up to speed with T2.
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A380 demonstration flights by Airbus and Lufthansa, and a special flight to be laid on by Emirates for the 2006 World Football Championships.
Orig. Story
So it looks like Emirates is footing the bill for an earlier arrivial/testing of the A380 in Munich...
The orig. story also talks about many of the improvement projects for T1 to bring it up to speed with T2.
Sweet, I just won a bet after seeing that thing circling today.
QUOTE (Darkknight @ Mar 20 2006, 6:26 pm)
Mmmhhh...would you like me to get on that plane? Mr Be...ehm..Streeme.
Bit difficult to get on that aeroplane, it's got no seats or anything else in it
QUOTE (Sin @ Mar 20 2006, 4:45 pm)
I just got in from watching it going round and round and round over Krailling.
I was expecting something bigger.
I was expecting something bigger.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing...must have gone over Wessling like 30 times (at least...I just stopped counting) and it being so low was pretty impressive but didnt look that huge from my window...
It's bloody big when you're inside it, trust me, like standing in a huge long cave.
QUOTE (bluedave @ Mar 20 2006, 8:15 pm)
Bit difficult to get on that aeroplane, it's got no seats or anything else in it
Seems that this weekend they are going to do a trial evacuation in Hamburg, trying to get 650 of 873 passengers out within 90 seconds, 650 being maximum capacity.
That's an aircraft MSN04 that has been flown up to Airbus Hamburg specifically for this test and also a few other trials regarding interior trim etc as Hamburg is going to be the completion centre for the A380.
They have been asking for staff volunteers for months now to do this and you get paid for it too
Bloody long way down from the upper deck on a slide though so this coward didn't fill in the form
They have been asking for staff volunteers for months now to do this and you get paid for it too
Bloody long way down from the upper deck on a slide though so this coward didn't fill in the form
QUOTE (bluedave @ Mar 20 2006, 8:15 pm)
Bit difficult to get on that aeroplane, it's got no seats or anything else in it
No seats? What do the pilots do? Stand?
I heard that there is a bar in it. Can you fly it from the bar?
The bar needs to be test flown too you know. If they are looking for volunteers, I have experience.
If the bar is anything like this, I have experience.
The evacutation test in Hamburg has been labelled a "great success".
Story here
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Never before have so many people jumped out of an aircraft so quickly. In a German airport hangar yesterday, 873 volunteers scrambled down rubber emergency slides from one of Airbus's new A380 superjumbos in only 80 seconds.
According to unofficial records yet to be independently verified, Airbus has cleared the most challenging safety hurdle in its development programme for the world's biggest passenger jet by proving that a full load of passengers can get out within a minute and a half.
According to unofficial records yet to be independently verified, Airbus has cleared the most challenging safety hurdle in its development programme for the world's biggest passenger jet by proving that a full load of passengers can get out within a minute and a half.
Story here
That's pretty impressive, 10 people every second... Now if only they introduced that method to disembark people normally.
These situations are a bit false really..
after all, the volunteers knew why they were there, and had already mentally prepared themselfs for the evacuation...
It would have been different if they were hurtling down the runway when the brakes were slammed on and then the excersise commenced!
G
after all, the volunteers knew why they were there, and had already mentally prepared themselfs for the evacuation...
It would have been different if they were hurtling down the runway when the brakes were slammed on and then the excersise commenced!
G
True they are a bit false, but they can compare the time to other planes tested to make sure there are no big problems.
In real life of course there would be more panic, could be smoke inside, people screaming, alarms, the stewards shouting over megaphones, idiots trying to get their laptops out their bags etc etc. I guess there's no way to simulate that.
In real life of course there would be more panic, could be smoke inside, people screaming, alarms, the stewards shouting over megaphones, idiots trying to get their laptops out their bags etc etc. I guess there's no way to simulate that.
I dunno Grinner. 1 person broke a leg and plenty of others suffered bruising and friction burns. They blocked off 16 random exits to conform to test regulations.
Yes, it was a controlled test but they will adapt the results to real life situations (no doubt there is some formula out there that calculates how many would have been injured in a real life evac).
Yes, it was a controlled test but they will adapt the results to real life situations (no doubt there is some formula out there that calculates how many would have been injured in a real life evac).
And they turn the lights out too apparently.
QUOTE (bluedave @ Mar 20 2006, 9:48 pm)
They have been asking for staff volunteers for months now to do this and you get paid for it too
Bloody long way down from the upper deck on a slide though so this coward didn't fill in the form
Bloody long way down from the upper deck on a slide though so this coward didn't fill in the form
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The target was achieved at some cost. One volunteer aged over 50 suffered a broken leg; another 32 sustained minor injuries including friction burns and bruises
Ahem
QUOTE (Grinner @ Mar 27 2006, 8:37 am)
These situations are a bit false really..
after all, the volunteers knew why they were there, and had already mentally prepared themselfs for the evacuation...
It would have been different if they were hurtling down the runway when the brakes were slammed on and then the excersise commenced!
G
after all, the volunteers knew why they were there, and had already mentally prepared themselfs for the evacuation...
It would have been different if they were hurtling down the runway when the brakes were slammed on and then the excersise commenced!
G
Even more different if they just hurtled straight into the ground from 35,000ft at 400kts. I reckon even less people would have got out then. Of course, I'm no expert...
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