I'm a dork, but this is awesome!

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:41 am

One of the Airbus A380's is coming to Hartford BDL Airport on Oct. 2nd and 3rd for a tour of the US on its world tour. I plan on being there to see this monster either land or takeoff. I gotta call up the airport and see if they know when it comes in so I can see it. I wonder if they will let the public get close to it or not. Either way I wanna see I wanna see! So I'll be taking a day off from work to do this, lol. I'm a dork but I gotta do it.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:51 am

Yup! You're a dork!

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:57 am

If i could go see that behemoth i definitely would.

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:14 am

It was being cold weather tested up north in Iqaluit a couple years ago. My brother-in-law works there and took some pictures.If I can find them I'll post it

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:05 am

I remember when the 747 went on its premiere tour. My dad took me to the Pittsburgh airport to see it. They let the public tour it. I got a set of 747 captain's wings. I was Captain Dork.

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:46 am

LOL,well this is an open shell that they are using to test out the new Pratt & Whitney engines, and since PW is out of Hartford they are coming here. So we cannot go onboard, but they are parking it close to the fences so we can look, I plan on taking some good pictures.

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:56 am

I'd love to see it too, but live too far away...So you are not alone in your dorkness

4X4CHICHI · Post by **4X4CHICHI** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:17 am

I remember when the space shuttle piggy backed on a 747. It was amazing to see.

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:00 am

i was just on their site, and i wanna see that too. so can i be a dork too?? http://www.airbus.com/cabin-sh...cle=0

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:59 am

Sure thing head out to Hartford on the 2nd or 3rd. It's goin a few other places like Cincinnati. It was in LA earlier this year.

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:54 pm

damn, i'm not far from LA either. oh well, i guess i'll just hafta fly on it sometime, hartford's just a lil bit too far btw, calvin n hobbes is the best!!! i've got a bunch of the books, even the first one. i've had it since elementary school

98ex · Post by **98ex** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:16 pm

Old news, DFW airport was the only place in the US it could land until airports made updates to their runways. I used to live next to DFW and have seen it. Thing is MASSIVE!!

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:46 pm

avg. runway width is 45m, this things engines span 80m (distance between farthest engines outboard) Updates to runways, bigger taxi trucks to push and pull the weight at terminal, and additional terminal exits for the upper deck were required.Heck a 747-400 can only sit still on a runway at full power prior to takeoff for about 20 seconds before the thrust starts to rip the runway apart literally! Each engine on a 747-400 produces 58,000lbs. of thrust, imagine what these things got.

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WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:21 pm

man y'all a bunch of dorks..it's a plane..

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:46 pm

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction Â»man y'all a bunch of dorks..it's a plane.. but it's not just any old plane, this one is a HUGE plane. ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:34 pm

oooohhhh..i almost forgot..it's big..lol...i rather see a stealth bomber then an airbus..or vintage airplanes used in WW2

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:13 pm

i love seeing vintage planes n stuff too. stuff like that is really coolyou'd prolly love to go here, it's right by my house. they do airshows n everything: http://www.air-museum.org/

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:34 pm

i'd love to go there if i didnt live 3000 miles away

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:41 pm

I've seen a C5 before, was able to walk through the thing at the Cleveland Air Show one year. I've seen the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, WWII bombers. I got the opportunity a month or two ago on the jet ski with my cousin to see two A-10's cruise by, they did a wing dip and big sharp S-turn right over us not even 1000 feet overhead, it was sick!!One last thing is I get the pleasure of living about 4 miles from Sikorsky in Stratford, CT. I always see new ones being test flown and what not, fun stuff.

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:43 pm

ya..i've seen alot of them at airshows..but actually upclose and stuff i havent

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:16 am

yeah i saw the blue angels when i was really little, but i barely remember it. i wanna see em again. i remember seeing the coors light silver bullet at the show too: i'd like to have one of those now. here's the silver bullet if you need a refresher: http://www.autocycles.org/coors.html

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