Airbus A380

[HirsuteBlue]

Into Manchester tomorrow (Wednesday).
And so a new era of air travel dawns.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Looking forward to seeing this bird in the sky, I saw/made enough wing bits but haven't seen 1 in the air yet.

*p.s. if it crashes I've not been anywhere near it, in fact I wasn't even there.

 

[Bundy]

I thought these had been in service for a while now?

 

[Hayee]

In what factory Reids? Got a few mates working for Airbus!

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

In what factory Reids? Got a few mates working for Airbus!

dont know what it's changed it's name to, but was in Llay.

 

[Hayee]

I know where ya mean!! My mates are in Broughton; all did bottom skin but ones just been moved to top skin. Llays a stones throw from me

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I used to machine the wing spars ( the inside frame of the wing ).

 

[Hayee]

So do you do the work before or after broughton get them?

 

[best little spaniard]

I was in an Airbus A319 earlier.


Just throwing it out there. You dont realise what amazing machines airoplanes are until you fly in one.

 

[Dylan]

Saw one of these on one of my trips back and forth across the country. This one was taken, by me, through the window of my taxiing plane at LAX. The pic doesn't really convey the sheer size of these things!

 

[Bundy]

Good airline that, started in a very good state in Australia.

 

[Dylan]

And look at this for First Class.........*drools*

 

[Bundy]

And look at this for First Class.........*drools*

Dont get that on submarines hey ?

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

So do you do the work before or after broughton get them?

it was before, I started out with a lump of aluminium the length and width of a wing and about 8" thick, I ended up with a kind of tray with lots of compartments for fuel and stuff, (you could pick the finished thing up by hand), the machine made 2 at a time, so I would do 2 of 1 side then 2 of the other, 2 would take about 40 hrs to machine though. the rest of the wing is built around this tray.

 

[Dylan]

Dont get that on submarines hey ?

Nope, then again, you don't get that on any type of warship.