Takeoff on SAA A350 JFK-JNB (2020)

Posted by dek00s@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 12 comments

I left on this trip few days before Covid changed everything

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dek00s@reddit (OP)

The Trent xwb sounds amazing, especially when they power up

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UW_Ebay@reddit

Airbus wings always seem so much smoother than Boeing wings.

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I think it's just the number of lift devices present on the boeings. Airbus generally likes to go for a very clean wing, while boeing crammed lift devices such as spoilers, flaps, slats, leading edge slats, etc into their wing to increase/decrease performance in certain characteristics of flight.

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UW_Ebay@reddit

Yeah that makes sense!

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dek00s@reddit (OP)

I’m pretty sure this plane was less than a year old at the time. The cabin seemed brand new and the windows weren’t showing any wear from weather/cycles.

The plane was only 20-30% full. All of us had a row to ourselves. It was a pretty cool experience.

Less than a month after the flight, SAA stopped flying and went bankrupt.

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