The big bird has landed: Airbus A380

November 13, 2007 @ 8:49 pm · Filed under Aviation

Airbus A380 on final runway 24 right at Montreal Trudeau airport.

Airbus A380

Airbus A380 taking off

Airbus A380 taking off for Orlando, Florida. So big! More pics here.

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7 Comments »

  1. Patrick Ng said,

    November 17, 2007 @ 8:03 am

    While I don’t deny that the A380 is impressive, I must admit that I have a weakness for the B747.

  2. Stéphane Lee said,

    November 17, 2007 @ 8:47 am

    Hey, that’s a French expression translated in English! :)

  3. Patrick Ng said,

    November 17, 2007 @ 8:54 am

    You mean “a weakness for” as in “j’ai un faible pour ?”

  4. Stéphane Lee said,

    November 17, 2007 @ 11:58 pm

    Yes. I’ve heard more “j’ai un faible pour” than the English translation.

  5. Patrick Ng said,

    November 18, 2007 @ 11:13 am

    Actually, this expression exists in English also :-)

    From Oxford dictionary (the one that came with Mac OS X):
    • [in sing. ] ( weakness for) a self-indulgent liking for : he had a great weakness for Scotch whisky.

    You really like planes and helicopters, don’t you ? I mean this post is about the A380 and the following one is about the Sea King helicopter.

  6. Dodo said,

    November 18, 2007 @ 3:56 pm

    check this site for the return trip from YUL to Paris ( November 15th ) with pics ( post #29 onwards)

    http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754531

  7. Stéphane Lee said,

    November 18, 2007 @ 9:06 pm

    I’m doing my private pilot license. It’s a great learning experience and helps to keep me sharp.

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