A380 at Farnborough 2008

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

"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 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