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A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 5:51 pm
by Charl
Marty you made me look

Cossetted in your upstairs cabin, you look out over that massive wing and see another!
Heathrow is full of them, "ours" happens to be a Qatar livery that popped up on FS.TO

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Pressing nose to plexiglass (?) you see all the acreage.
The whole construction will flex upward on takeoff, which boggles the mind.
(Also: The tailplane is just a little smaller than an A320 wing.)

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You see what I did, don't you?
The entire Schnozz is carefully disguised by a random jetway, so it looks like just any old huge plane. :)

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Not a bad place to be, to while away a few hours :)

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Haven't figured out who'd want no less than the eight Qatar liveries in the download, different rego's?

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:16 pm
by deeknow
Looking good gent's .. got a soft spot for these ungainly giants...

May have shared this before, but years ago during one of those Icelandic eruptions I was on my way to Norway from NZ and trip ended in Singapore as European airspace was mostly closed. The ENTIRE Singapore fleet of A380's was parked up in a row at Singapore Changi made for quite a site seeing dozens of the monsters all in a row down one side of the terminal. Very impressive.

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:25 pm
by Charl
I remember the occasion, the volcano is best recalled in English as "I forgot the yoghurt!"
Must've been quite a sight indeed, to see all those beached monsters.

I've never walked down the length of an A380, but this model has a full interior.
So I navigated its length using the arrow keys, and it took forever.

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 7:51 am
by cowpatz
Charl wrote:Haven't figured out who'd want no less than the eight Qatar liveries in the download, different rego's?


These liveries are probably 4K but what is with the 8K liveries? 8K really? Most simmers machines will be maxed out a 4k so why 8K?

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 7:58 am
by Charl
Well whatever the resolution of these, I thought my sim was broken at Heathrow! :o

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 6:19 am
by Splitpin
Looking good Charl :thumbup:

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 6:26 pm
by emfrat
deeknow wrote:.. dozens of the monsters all in a row down one side of the terminal. Very impressive.


I saw a similar sight at Dubai on my way back to Brisbane from Glasgow in 2017= viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27188&p=8394912#p8394912

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 7:11 pm
by Charl
Good heavens man, what a memory!
From that thread: I still miss FS9

Oh, and the volcano?
Was called Eyjafjallajökull as mentioned above :)

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 11:21 pm
by emfrat
I splurged on an upgrade to Business Class, for the first leg GLA-DXB, and this is the cosy corner they gave me on the B773.

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Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2025 3:25 am
by Aharon
Emfrat,

Is that the book same as the famous Hitchcock film called REBECCA???

Regards,

Aharon

Re: A380 Again, again

PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:47 am
by emfrat