“It was like watching a killer whale launch itself with barely a splash completely out of the water. Instead of the usual roar of the engines, the airliner seemed to sigh, as if there were no tension in its wings, which support 811,000 pounds during the demonstration flight. Whoa, the whale can fly! And wait a sec, I’m on the whale.” — Time‘s Coco Masters on a recent special promotional flight of the Airbus 380.

March 23, 2007by Jeffrey Wells11 Comments