Saturday, March 11, 2006

Airbus A380

Last week the new jumbo Airbus A380 completed the 1,000th hour of test flights.


It is the largest passenger aircraft in the world. Here is a 7 minute �manly� video representing 12 months of construction:



In mythological terms flying is a heroic plunge of a man overcoming and escaping the bounds of mother earth, a valiant and self sacrificing (Ikarus) creative triumph: