Big first story is the 747-8 just landed there a few hours ago. U-S-A, U-S-A!

I'll be there! Not fortunate enough to be there for the entire show though.

Paris est beau cette époque...except it's raining today.

Monsieur Swizzle

Paris est beau cette époque...except it's raining today.

Monsieur Swizzle

Only problem is it's full of Frenchmen.

There's that wingtip clearance thing again...

Airbus will not hold a demonstration of its A380 superjumbo at the Paris International Air Show after the wing-tip of its test aircraft was damaged in an incident Sunday, the company said.

"During ground maneuvers with the Airbus A380 flight test aircraft MSN 004, the aircraft's right hand wing-tip touched a structure near the taxiway," at Le Bourget airport on Sunday afternoon, Airbus said in a statement.

"Airbus experts are currently inspecting the aircraft, but it is already confirmed that the A380 MSN 004 will not perform the flying display at the Le Bourget Air Show 2011," it said.

It was the second setback for Airbus ahead of the show, which starts Monday, after it announced earlier Sunday that its A400M military transport plane will not make any flight demonstrations because of a problem with its engines.

Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/a380-superjumbo-pulled-from-paris-air-show-after-bumping-building-20110620-1gapo.html#ixzz1PnkqCv29

It was the second setback for Airbus ahead of the show, which starts Monday, after it announced earlier Sunday that its A400M military transport plane will not make any flight demonstrations because of a problem with its engines.

WHAT?! No Way! I'm shocked. [/sarcasm]

Chuck

FM

FM

Probably won't see that in any Airbus propaganda pamphlet...

Lucky enough to be here for the whole show. Airbus is not having a good first day. Watching them tow the A400 out for its demo then promptly tow it back to parking was priceless.

Edited June 20, 201114 yr by POKESC17

Wish I took a picture of the winglet stuck in the building that the plane hit. There is always tomorrow...

The parking plan is horrendous and towing ops are crazy. Huge planes everywhere, planes taxiing through the crowds - it's nuts.

The parking plan is horrendous and towing ops are crazy. Huge planes everywhere, planes taxiing through the crowds - it's nuts.

Sounds like normal ops there...not on my list of favorite places I've been as far as airports.

more on the Airbus fail

https://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110620/us_yblog_thelookout/airbus-superjumbo-jet-clips-building-at-air-show#

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What sound did it make when it bounced off the building? ... "boeing"? .

Hey Rainman... I know how you feel about talking to the media. Is it ok if we pose for the Chinese?

Hey Rainman... I know how you feel about talking to the media. Is it ok if we pose for the Chinese?

They wanted pictures of the first -17 pilot to land gear down.

Hey Rainman... I know how you feel about talking to the media. Is it ok if we pose for the Chinese?

It's NOT ok to pose like a homo!

If this guys squadron has a good LPA, this will be plastered all over with plenty of room for quotes!

Edited June 23, 201114 yr by SocialD

maybe they think the sage green boots are all that!

The French are so fucking stupid. "Hey, Peire, why don't we build a really fucking big plane that is impossible to taxi around airports?"

Edited June 23, 201114 yr by Butters

The French are so fucking stupid. "Hey, Peire, why don't we build a really fucking big plane that is impossible to taxi around airports?"

Considering how many have bought it, not sure if it's Airbus that is stupid...

The French are so fucking stupid. "Hey, Peire, why don't we build a really fucking big plane that is impossible to taxi around airports?"

Damn! I thought this was just a "close call" type scrape. Nope...they pretty much ran into the building.

At any point during the incident did the French waive a white flag toward the building or try to surrender to it?

Hey Rainman... I know how you feel about talking to the media. Is it ok if we pose for the Chinese?

And now for the rest of the story. When they showed up to our jet all they wanted was pictures of our wonderful puke green boots. I'm expecting Chinese copies by the end of the week. I still chuckle when I think of them going nuts over our boots. They actually wanted close ups of the soles.

Dear C17 pilots, thank you for consenting to international espionage...

You should have just sold them your boots. That would help with the reverse engineering. Everyone knows suede boots are the key to airpower.

Considering how many have bought it, not sure if it's Airbus that is stupid...

Really? What have you been reading?

The A-380 has 236 orders, they need 420 to break even. Yea, that is smart!

Now the Great American Boeing Corporation has 835 orders for its Manly 787 and already has 107 for the france smashing 747-8.

America rules and france sucks. Deal with it!

Edited June 24, 201114 yr by Butters

Damn! I thought this was just a "close call" type scrape. Nope...they pretty much ran into the building.

At any point during the incident did the French waive a white flag toward the building or try to surrender to it?

My question: at any point *prior* to the incident, did the French measure the distance from centerline to the building...? Then, say, I don't know, something about, "Gee, that number seems smaller than my wingtip clearance requirements"...?

And now for the rest of the story. When they showed up to our jet all they wanted was pictures of our wonderful puke green boots. I'm expecting Chinese copies by the end of the week. I still chuckle when I think of them going nuts over our boots. They actually wanted close ups of the soles.

You should have refused pictures of our new secret green boots to mess with them.