I love pictures of two airplanes of vastly different sizes from the same airline. My girlfriend has two black cats who look like mirror images of each other, except one is huge and the other is normal-sized. I often send her a picture of them together and then one of the airplanes, usually with a caption like, "Perfect comparison." You better believe I'm saving this one.
Funny and one can see this as the king of the Skies with the smaller A320neo family. Since this was British Airways they used to have A320-211/A320-111 G-BUSx registrations
My close friend is an A380 pilot for BA. It’s so fun to nerd out with him about the plane. I’m lucky to live under the LHR easterly approach for the 380s (Emirates & Singapore), but every once in a while I’ll see a BA plane.
Hello approach path buddy 👋 though a fair share of London can probably claim the same. I just see the planes on approach incidentally while working at my computer lol
Some religious nutjob once said that God kept planes in the sky, and that the A380 was proof. He also insisted that when all the Christians are raptured, the planes won't be able to fly anymore. He got very upset when I asked why they needed wings in the first place
I would expect at some point you run into the rocket equation problem where the fuels energy density is lower than the required energy to move the extra mass in fuel.
Well, when you get to be a certain size, the materials used in the construction are going to be under so much load under just their own weight that they won’t be able to handle the stresses of flying, and since strength:weight is just about the biggest challenge when it comes to flying, you can’t just keep piling on composites to keep it strong as it gets bigger. There’s a reason all of the biggest and heaviest animals that have ever lived have been aquatic, because they need buoyancy to even begin to function.
I believe this picture was taken at Shannon airport. The A380 was on a promotional tour, whereas the A318 was on its way to JFK from London City airport.
Yes, the same papers that said Brexit was a great idea think changing the color on a jet is a financial mistake. That’s why you don’t read bird cage liners.
My favourite airline liveries of all time are BA and AirFrance because they're just clean. (And condor because who the hell doesnt like the condor livery?)
Totally agree, something about the combination of the livery, and their callsign being Speedbird is just so cool to me. I love looking at the BA 787s and A350s, they look the best imo
The newly hatched Airbus is vulnerable, and will make a satisfying meal for a hungry Boeing; but with it’s mother’s vigilance and sharp beak, the fledgling Airbus should survive until, at six weeks, its sheer size will protect it from even the most determined predator…
Used to work at the TLS factory where they did the flight testing of the 380’s. Used to be able to get up close to them.
One of my favourite moments was when I was escorting senior people from one of our IT suppliers to the data centre and one of the test A380’s took off, banked over and flew directly over us. Felt like you could reach up and touch it. Told the visitors that we only do that for special guests.
I used to think planes looked heavy until I started working on them. Lots of empty space inside. Very little heavy equipment. The heaviest thing on the aircraft are the engines and those are providing thrust.
DoItForLA@reddit
I love pictures of two airplanes of vastly different sizes from the same airline. My girlfriend has two black cats who look like mirror images of each other, except one is huge and the other is normal-sized. I often send her a picture of them together and then one of the airplanes, usually with a caption like, "Perfect comparison." You better believe I'm saving this one.
FilamentFlight@reddit
Shops me your fucking cats right now.
Radioactive_birb_@reddit
You can’t just say you have cats and then not pay the Cat Tax!
loveforthetrip@reddit
Show me the cats you bastard
Acrobatic-Event-6487@reddit
Show us.
Dismal-Basket-9855@reddit
Cat where
yapoyt@reddit
Show
Public-Eagle6992@reddit
Give cat image
diplomatic_331@reddit
show cat
Huugboy@reddit
THE CAT TAX MUST BE PAID.
DenisJack@reddit
I honestly now want a picture of these cats together
avi8tor@reddit
"I want to be a 747 when I grow up" -A319
"You are grounded young lady !" -A380
bantha121@reddit
*A318
ArgonWilde@reddit
Ah, the baby bus!
Jafri2@reddit
Ahh so can't be a 747, but an f35 is ok?
Carbon-Base@reddit
"One of us! One of us!" -737Max
AceCombat9519@reddit
Funny and one can see this as the king of the Skies with the smaller A320neo family. Since this was British Airways they used to have A320-211/A320-111 G-BUSx registrations
Veteran_Brewer@reddit
My close friend is an A380 pilot for BA. It’s so fun to nerd out with him about the plane. I’m lucky to live under the LHR easterly approach for the 380s (Emirates & Singapore), but every once in a while I’ll see a BA plane.
NalcolmY@reddit
I flew the A380 twice, I specifically chose those two legs just for the plane. It was the smoothest ride of my life. And I flew a LOT.
Also you're lucky to plane spot from your home man! Does the noise get annoying after a while?
Duosion@reddit
I got to see an airbus at LHR the other day wand was massively disappointed that my flight was at the gate over, in a 777 instead of
xsm17@reddit
Hello approach path buddy 👋 though a fair share of London can probably claim the same. I just see the planes on approach incidentally while working at my computer lol
SecretPrinciple8708@reddit
Why does the A380, the larger plane, not simply eat the A318?
jrizzle86@reddit
Don’t talk to me or my son again!
Sir_Rumblebump@reddit
Some religious nutjob once said that God kept planes in the sky, and that the A380 was proof. He also insisted that when all the Christians are raptured, the planes won't be able to fly anymore. He got very upset when I asked why they needed wings in the first place
tollbearer@reddit
It needs wings so god has something to hold on to.
Jaggedmallard26@reddit
Feels like someone with that belief would have noticed that wings form a rough cross shape so clearly they are needed as crosses are holy!
PDXGuy33333@reddit
There must be a theoretical limit to how big an airplane can be a still fly. Yes or no?
baronvonhawkeye@reddit
In Thurst We Trust
Vindve@reddit
Physics say yes. At one point the strength of the materials won't be enough to support different forces (weight vs lift).
YMMV25@reddit
The only real limits are money and infrastructure.
Thomy_RL@reddit
And fuel. Lots of fuel.
Jaggedmallard26@reddit
I would expect at some point you run into the rocket equation problem where the fuels energy density is lower than the required energy to move the extra mass in fuel.
eric_gm@reddit
And runway length
pope1701@reddit
Which is infrastructure?
YMMV25@reddit
I guess I just roll fuel in with money.
roguespectre67@reddit
Well, when you get to be a certain size, the materials used in the construction are going to be under so much load under just their own weight that they won’t be able to handle the stresses of flying, and since strength:weight is just about the biggest challenge when it comes to flying, you can’t just keep piling on composites to keep it strong as it gets bigger. There’s a reason all of the biggest and heaviest animals that have ever lived have been aquatic, because they need buoyancy to even begin to function.
raymond459020@reddit
we could provide massive airplanes with some additional buoyancy by tying some helium balloons to its fuselage, thats what i would do anyways.
Axe_Care_By_Eugene@reddit
Howard Hughes has entered the chat
PDXGuy33333@reddit
This strikes me as the best answer. King Kong could not exist, for example.
LuckEcstatic4500@reddit
With enough thrust even a brick can fly.
jocax188723@reddit
Yes; it's called the square cube law
MikeHasDisappeared@reddit (OP)
No?
-Probably the AN-225
Quality_Cabbage@reddit
I believe this picture was taken at Shannon airport. The A380 was on a promotional tour, whereas the A318 was on its way to JFK from London City airport.
JimmeeJanga@reddit
It was indeed Shannon, I took a very similar photo on the same day.
PeacefulIntentions@reddit
Correct it was at SNN. Crew familiarisation flight on the A380 but I don’t think the A318 was in service that day.
Nor_way@reddit
Old SAS 737 in the background
JimmeeJanga@reddit
This is Shannon Airport in Ireland.
Aviation_enthusiast8@reddit
Oooh and the old Iberia one
this_my_sportsreddit@reddit
The guy she told me not to worry about vs me
MikeHasDisappeared@reddit (OP)
Yeah dw about an A320
crucible@reddit
*A318 - that aircraft flew a special London - New York route for BA as flight BA001. Now since withdrawn.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/06/19/review-british-airways-club-world-on-an-a318-london-city-to-new-york/
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/06/19/british-airways-business-class-review-a318-london-city-new-york/
MikeHasDisappeared@reddit (OP)
Ngl, I like the BA livery more than the Emirates
United-Climate1562@reddit
i still remember how so many news papers decried the money wasted in that rebrand..... well at least the right-wing papers......
crucible@reddit
IIRC the issue was more with the mixed tail designs that BA rolled out with that rebrand.
CowboyLaw@reddit
Yes, the same papers that said Brexit was a great idea think changing the color on a jet is a financial mistake. That’s why you don’t read bird cage liners.
MikeHasDisappeared@reddit (OP)
Haters gonna hate
DutchBlob@reddit
The BAtail is a open mouth with red lipstick and somehow a blue tongue
jumbledsiren@reddit
My favourite airline liveries of all time are BA and AirFrance because they're just clean. (And condor because who the hell doesnt like the condor livery?)
sheebzus0@reddit
Totally agree, something about the combination of the livery, and their callsign being Speedbird is just so cool to me. I love looking at the BA 787s and A350s, they look the best imo
lucky-beam@reddit
WoW
paulcager@reddit
"I don't care how big you are. I was here first and you need to move".
Alpha_Majoris@reddit
So is there a limit to "big", aside from usability and costs?
MrSync-XT@reddit
A brick can fly... We all know it's like this! A brick can fly if it has enough propulsion... I'm not referring to any company.
zk-cessnaguy@reddit
Newly hatched, the baby Airbus bonds with its mother…
Sea_Perspective6891@reddit
The Boeings will have to wait their turn.
zk-cessnaguy@reddit
The newly hatched Airbus is vulnerable, and will make a satisfying meal for a hungry Boeing; but with it’s mother’s vigilance and sharp beak, the fledgling Airbus should survive until, at six weeks, its sheer size will protect it from even the most determined predator…
Kettchaap@reddit
National Geographic but aviation
ColdFerrin@reddit
I read this in David Attenborough's voice.
zk-cessnaguy@reddit
I typed it in that voice 😂
HappyMaids@reddit
Do you think they imprint?
zk-cessnaguy@reddit
It’s vital that they imprint during the first hour after hatching, otherwise the mother will reject the baby and drive it from the nest.
TheBlackCom@reddit
I'll get to fly in these two planes from BA on the same day, looking forward to it!
zippy251@reddit
You mean the two story office building? Yes, yes it can.
benkmart@reddit
It can and it feels like a giant teddy bear while doing so!
tbgothard@reddit
The A380 in light turbulence feels like a rocking chair. I miss my work trips to England and would book BA just for this Speedbird.
VirginiaDare1587@reddit
And what do you want to be when you grow up?
ITandFitnessJunkie@reddit
That’s no speedbird, that’s a speed-pterodactyl.
GS56Nc@reddit
I warned you. Too much Viagra is dangerous!
MikeHasDisappeared@reddit (OP)
An225 missed the memo
bioskope@reddit
And look what happened to it.
Afilador2112@reddit
Great pic for any time people ask why the big jets don't fly out of CMH.
MasterChief813@reddit
Golden toward award
Sensitive_Pudding599@reddit
I love the comment section!
Ok_Adhesiveness_4939@reddit
A380: You need a hand with that towing? Lemme engage the reverse thrusters on 1 and 4.
Yummy_Crayons91@reddit
Are those 737-600s in the background? I thought SAS had a few and that looks like ex-SAS colors.
MikeHasDisappeared@reddit (OP)
I could be wrong, but they look like grounded aircrafts
sparkyyykid@reddit
With enough thrust anything can fly
Flyer_73@reddit
280,000 lbs of thrust 😂
6tPTrxYAHwnH9KDv@reddit
Oh, fly it can.
IggyBG@reddit
Need more vertical stabilizer
thepetererer@reddit
"Hiiii there, can I be your APU???"
r1Rqc1vPeF@reddit
Used to work at the TLS factory where they did the flight testing of the 380’s. Used to be able to get up close to them.
One of my favourite moments was when I was escorting senior people from one of our IT suppliers to the data centre and one of the test A380’s took off, banked over and flew directly over us. Felt like you could reach up and touch it. Told the visitors that we only do that for special guests.
CardinalsDelendaEst@reddit
I used to think planes looked heavy until I started working on them. Lots of empty space inside. Very little heavy equipment. The heaviest thing on the aircraft are the engines and those are providing thrust.
Footinthecrease@reddit
Flys over my house everyday at about 5pm.
metallicaheadbangr@reddit
When a parent gets their kid a matching outfit.