A380 at Farnborough 2008
 

Good lord! Impressive stuff...and I'm a Boeing guy...:cool:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IBvfAvixDyw

No way!!!??? :D

Can't resist. Bad habit. But you know I like that anyway. If I ever meet you though, I'll buy you a beer!

Just poking at ya! Anyway, I wonder what is bigger? The 747's that have been modified to cargo 787 parts, or the A380???? I'm betting the 747's are bigger.

-S

That A380 is an impressive aircraft. I hope that it will be economically successful.

You mean this 747 cargo?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...argo_Freighter
It's a bit smaller than the A380

On 1 December 2005 the A380 achieved its maximum design speed of Mach 0.96 (versus normal cruising speed of Mach 0.85), in a shallow dive

wow 0.96 pretty good :up:

Are you sure? I don't think so. The length of it is as long as an A380, but the interior volume (the body has got to have a larger diameter) is bigger! I bet you it is bigger than a A380. You should see that thing. I've seen it first hand!

-S

A380 - length - 239 ft
747 cargo length - 235' 2 "

A380 - fuselage width - 23' 6"
747 Cargo F width - 27' 6"


So that settles it - the 747 Cargo is considerably bigger! :D

-S

What's the difference between the 747 LCF and the 747-8?

Is the -8 a follow on to the LCF?

"Bigger" is a bit messy. The Boeing is wider in fuselage, whereas the A380 is longer, wider in wingspan, and has a MTOW of 1.2 million pounds compared to the Boeings 800,000.

Not bad but if you want impressive check this bad boy out :o :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=soo4IhXthEg&feature=related

Not talking about loading or wingspan. I'm talking about size. The A380 on have 4 feet in length on this thing - something you probably couldn't see if they were sitting side by side. Fuselage however is where I measure the size of an airplane.

It kind of goes like this - if you put a C-5 next to the giant Russian AN, you aren't measuring wingspan! The are very close. You are measuring the footprint of the fuelage.

The 747 has a ton more area internally and is a much bigger plane. And I'm not talking something not noticeable. I'm talking if you put this 747 next to an A380, it would dwarf the A380!

-S

Well they both impress me...regardless of the extra number of beer crates one might be able to carry over the other. :lol:

You want big.

Then you need this big boy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225

Want bigger
try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg
refering to it as a flying object constructed by humans not as an airship
and comparing the size not the payload.

Thats pushing it as an aircraft, but technically it is I guess!

-S