AIRBUS A380

Developed under license and in narrow collaboration with AIRBUS. In spite of the big number of details and pieces, and the size of the model, the assembly will be easy and the livery "corporate " simple to achieve.

On 27 April 2005 at 10.29am local time (8:29am UTC), the first A380 (MSN -Manufacturial Serial Number-001), registered F-WWOW, took off from Toulouse-Blagnac for its first flight lasting 3 hours and 54 minutes, without a hitch. Measuring 73 m in length, the A-380 is as long as eight buses, as tall as a seven-storey block of flats, weighs as much as 500 medium-sized cars and can fit 70 private cars on its wings. These extraordinary characteristics will require a special lay-out in airports intending to welcome it (runway width, splitting of loading satellites). Thanks to the cutting-edge techniques that have been used for its manufacture and motorization, the A-380 consumes 12% less fuel than the Boeing 747-400. It is easy to fly since its controls are deliberately the same as those in other Airbus planes. Fifteen or so companies currently stand to acquire the A-380. The first planes will go to Singapore, then to Qantas (Australia) and Emirates respectively.

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