A380, first flight

Post by **phoq** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:28 am

Seeing as the '>' means 'bigger/larger than', you're right.

Post by **4days** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:30 am

phoq wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Would you care to elaborate on that, Zimbo? Be sure to give specific examples.
Well if you checked the news and the pictures, you'll notice the Airbus is larger than a Boeing 747. It's not exactly rocketscience.

think ns thought that zimbo was comparing the companies, which is fair enough considering that zimbo wrote 'airbus > boeing' and not 'a380 > 7e7' (pretty sure it'd be that and not the 747 that it'll be up against).

that said, boeing are always whining about airbus getting subsidised. bit of a pot and kettle thing going on there considering how far up the us government's arse boeing are.

edit: self-owned by leaving the window for 5 mins

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:31 am

phoq wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Would you care to elaborate on that, Zimbo? Be sure to give specific examples.
Well if you checked the news and the pictures, you'll notice the Airbus is larger than a Boeing 747. It's not exactly rocketscience.

And why don't we try comparing apples to apples. The 747 has only been around since the late 60s, after all. Compare it to something that was developed RECENTLY perhaps? Like the 777 or 787 maybe?
I'm not shitting on Airbus here, I think they make some nice planes, I'd just like to see some fact-based debate as opposed to "OMFG! BO31NG G0T OWN3D! A1RBU5 R0XX0RZ!"
And no one has yet answered a critical question in this mega-jet issue. Sure, the massive capacity is great, but how the fuck are you going to smoothly debark 800 people into a terminal that's designed to handle 450?

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:32 am

4days wrote:

that said, boeing are always whining about airbus getting subsidised. bit of a pot and kettle thing going on there considering how far up the us government's arse boeing are.

edit: self-owned by leaving the window for 5 mins

Oh yeah? How's that?

Post by **phoq** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:34 am

Hey chill out, I'm just giving you my interpretation of zimbo's post.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:34 am

OMG BOWEING GOT OWNT BY TEH AYREBYS!!11one

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:38 am

phoq wrote:Hey chill out, I'm just giving you my interpretation of zimbo's post.

LOL! Do you think I'm upset about this or something?

Post by **phoq** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:39 am

I'm not sure, this is the internet after all and I can't read human emotions through my phoneline.

Post by **4days** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:40 am

Nightshade wrote:Oh yeah? How's that?

saw it on newsnight, here's the first hit from google:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/article ... 0642.shtml

if you want any more substantiation than that, google yourself. there were plenty of results

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:42 am

Nightshade wrote:
phoq wrote:Hey chill out, I'm just giving you my interpretation of zimbo's post.
LOL! Do you think I'm upset about this or something?

I'd guess at least mildly annoyed

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:44 am

Nightshade wrote:
phoq wrote:Hey chill out, I'm just giving you my interpretation of zimbo's post.
LOL! Do you think I'm upset about this or something?

yea dude, time for some anger management i'd say

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:07 am

4days wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Oh yeah? How's that?
saw it on newsnight, here's the first hit from google:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/article ... 0642.shtml

if you want any more substantiation than that, google yourself. there were plenty of results

Interesting. I knew that the US government was bailing out the airlines left and right, but didn't know they were helping out manufacturers to that extent. $3 billion in tax breaks is nothing to sneeze at.

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:08 am

MKJ wrote:
Nightshade wrote:
phoq wrote:Hey chill out, I'm just giving you my interpretation of zimbo's post.
LOL! Do you think I'm upset about this or something?
yea dude, time for some anger management i'd say

Yeah, right. I broke my keyboard on my monitor after reading Zimbo's post. I'm foaming at the mouth.

Post by **denzii** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:47 pm

4days wrote:555 yanks or 800 normal people.

:icon19: :icon19: :icon19:

Post by **Freakaloin** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:55 pm

wow...looks like the MSM is using the maiden flight as todays diversion from actual real news...top story on almost all MSM web sites...

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:17 pm

yea, as opposed to the independent media that you obviously follow so closely

Post by **Freakaloin** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:10 pm

i follow it all dimwit...

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:26 pm

fuck u

Post by **Freakaloin** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:27 pm

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:38 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:[lvlshot]http://www.airbus.com/MultimediaElements/2338.jpg[/lvlshot]

What the fucking hell?!?

Post by **mjrpes** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:48 pm

Christ, I read this thread right before I went to bed last night. And what do I dream about? Myself flying on a huge jumbo jet and the fear I'm going to 'fucking' die. Thanks q3w for the dreams you help give to the children.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:37 pm

4days wrote:think ns thought that zimbo was comparing the companies, which is fair enough considering that zimbo wrote 'airbus > boeing' and not 'a380 > 7e7'

yerp, that's how it read.