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Airbus A380

On April 27th, A380, the world's largest wide-body passenger plane with 840 passengers, successfully made its first flight. The first flight was praised by AFP as "another great achievement since the Wright brothers took off in10/KLOC-0", which opened a new era in the world air transport industry.

■ Airbus A380

■ The fuselage length is 72.9 meters.

■ The engine room is 50.6m long.

■ The fuselage diameter is 7. 14m.

■ The total height is 24.2m.

■ Span is 79.4m.

■ Take-off weight is 560 tons (maximum)

■ Fuel capacity is 365,438+00,000 liters (maximum).

■ Engine specification Rolls-Royce Trent900 or GE/Pratt & Whitney GP7200.

■ Driving force 3 1.8 tons

■ Top speed 1078.2km (passenger plane); 1041.2km (cargo plane)

■ voyage14805.5km.

■ Airbus A380 flies into the sky.

On the morning of April 27, local time, the airport in Blagnac, a suburb of Toulouse in southwest France, was solemn: bright red fire engines stopped at the designated position of the runway just in case; Nearly10,000 cars can only be parked in two parking lots far from the airport runway, and everyone can only walk into the viewing area; Traffic around the airport is completely blocked to prevent any suspicious vehicles from approaching the runway; The airspace above the airport has been "cleared" since 10 at 15-no aircraft are allowed to take off and land; Armed fighters of a squadron of the French Air Force patrol over the Blagnac airport. They received orders from the highest authorities in France and the Air Force Command that any UFO that dares to break into the "no-fly zone" will be shot down!

At 10: 30 in the morning (afternoon of Beijing time 16: 30), when the blue-and-white Airbus A380 glided unexpectedly and quietly on the runway and rushed lightly into the blue sky,15,000 Airbus employees, Airbus family members and guests from all over the world fell in love.

According to the official of Airbus Air France, the endurance of the first flight "depends on the weather conditions and the pilots' feelings about the aircraft" is between 1 to 5 hours, and the first flight airspace is Fiona Fang 100 mile of Blagnac Airport, mostly over the Atlantic Ocean.

■ Eight years on the ground and several hours in the air.

The first flight of Airbus A380 carried six crew members and 22 tons of airborne equipment. All the data of the first flight were sent back to the coordination center of the first flight of Blagnac Airport in due course.

Airbus sent the best flight test backbone to carry out this task-Claude Lehrer, head of Airbus flight test department, and Jacques Rossey, chief test pilot.

How difficult is it to drive such a big monster for the first time? Airbus said that there is no obvious difference between the A380 and other civil aviation aircraft produced by Airbus, and the pilots can fully adapt to it after less than two weeks of training. However, Reuters revealed that it is not easy to make the A380 fly safely. In order to achieve a smooth first flight, Airbus test pilots have been trained on simulated aircraft for 8 years!

In order to ensure the safety of the first flight, all test pilots of A380 are equipped with emergency rescue parachute devices. Once an event beyond human control occurs during the flight, six crew members can "eject" from the cockpit in time and parachute safely.

■ Test flight China can descend to Hongkong and Shanghai.

The first flight is only the first step in the real operation of the aircraft in 2006, and four prototypes will fly for 2500 hours.

At that time, after the successful first flight of supersonic Concorde, it took the manufacturer another seven years to put it into commercial operation. However, Airbus believes that as long as the A380 is successfully launched, they can ensure that this huge civil airliner will enter international routes in one year. In addition, Airbus will conduct a test flight of A380 in major locations around the world in the future to verify the performance of this aircraft which may carry up to 800 passengers in hot and cold areas.

Because both A380 and Boeing 787 have broad markets, and Asia, especially China, is the focus of fierce competition, Airbus A380 is likely to fly to China.

Although the A380 will be officially put into use next year, there are not many airports in the world that can ensure the smooth take-off and landing of the A380' s huge fuselage. At present, China Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport and Shanghai Pudong Airport are fully compatible with A380. The expansion of Beijing Capital International Airport will be completed before the 2008 Olympic Games, when A380 can be accepted.

■ The success of the first flight made the stock price soar.

With the success of the first flight of Airbus A380, the share prices of Airbus, European Aerospace Defense and Space Company and British BAE Systems Company soared, because they are all shareholders of Airbus.

At present, A380 is favored by all parties: at least 15 airlines have booked 154 aircraft. Previously, Airbus predicted that by the middle of 2005, the number of pre-sold Airbus aircraft would be 150, and the price of each Airbus would be between 260 million and 290 million US dollars.

■ Airbus A380 past lives

Thirty-four years ago, in order to break the monopoly of the United States on the world aviation manufacturing market, four European countries jointly established Airbus. In 2003, Airbus surpassed its competitors for the first time in the world and became the world's number one civil aircraft manufacturer.

Five years ago, 65438+February, 2000, the major shareholders of European Airbus Group, European Aerospace Defense Group and British Aerospace Group * * * announced that they had officially promoted the A3 ×××× super-large passenger plane plan and changed the aircraft name to A380. At the same time, Germany also expressed its support for the project.

Today, A380 has gained 89% market share in the large passenger aircraft market with more than 400 seats. At present, Airbus has three A380 being assembled at the same time, and the first one will be put into commercial operation in 2006. It can be said that Airbus is the pride of France, the pride of Europe and the model of the world civil aviation industry.

■ Test flight China can descend to Hongkong and Shanghai.

The first flight is only the first step in the real operation of the aircraft in 2006, and four prototypes will fly for 2500 hours.

At that time, after the successful first flight of supersonic Concorde, it took the manufacturer another seven years to put it into commercial operation. However, Airbus believes that as long as the A380 is successfully launched, they can ensure that this huge civil airliner will enter international routes in one year. In addition, Airbus will conduct a test flight of A380 in major locations around the world in the future to verify the performance of this aircraft which may carry up to 800 passengers in hot and cold areas.

Because both A380 and Boeing 787 have broad markets, and Asia, especially China, is the focus of fierce competition, Airbus A380 is likely to fly to China.

Although the A380 will be officially put into use next year, there are not many airports in the world that can ensure the smooth take-off and landing of the A380' s huge fuselage. At present, China Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport and Shanghai Pudong Airport are fully compatible with A380. The expansion of Beijing Capital International Airport will be completed before the 2008 Olympic Games, when A380 can be accepted.

■ Airbus A380 faces challenges.

The shadow of the mysterious "public relations airflow" has not disappeared. Around the Spring Festival this year, many media practitioners received an anonymous article email entitled "The Exposed Design of Airbus A380", which provided a scanned picture of foreign media reports and a translated and word-processed manuscript. The main idea of the manuscript is: "The hype about the A380' s first public appearance has dissipated, but Airbus engineers in Toulouse are shouldering heavy responsibilities. They need to know whether this behemoth can really fly. " "There is a reason for the increase in aircraft weight. As one of the start-up users, Singapore Airlines complained that the four engines of the aircraft were too noisy, which may cause the company to incur fines for violating the airport noise decibel limit. Airbus was afraid of losing this new user, so it decided to use a wider and heavier engine to reduce noise. At present, the staff are doing their best to remedy the extra weight.

Sales of A380 are not optimistic. 2004 is the fourth year that A380 aircraft began to be sold. Airbus said that by the end of 2004, A380*** had received 139 orders from13 customers. Since the beginning of this year, United Parcel Service has promised to order 10 aircraft. However, Boeing believes that the sales situation of A380 is not optimistic. Boeing said that at the end of the fourth year when its large aircraft Boeing 747-400 began to be sold, it had 65,438+065 orders from 265,438+0 customers. In addition, at the end of the sixth year, it had 365,438+0 customers and 399 orders. Boeing said that in order to achieve the success of Boeing 747-400, Airbus must find 260 orders and 18 customers for A380 in the next two years.

Boeing publicly questioned. In response to the statement that "A380 will lead to the death of Boeing 747", Boeing said that it has not heard this statement from airlines. In fact, Boeing 747 received the same order volume as A380 in 2004. Boeing said that in the next 20 years, the demand for aircraft carrying 400 passengers or more will be in the hundreds, not the thousands claimed by Airbus. Boeing is considering a 450-seat aircraft-Boeing 747 advanced model. It is understood that the advanced Boeing 747 will have a voyage of 8,000 nautical miles and adopt the engine technology of Boeing 7E7.