New A-380 Pics
#1
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New A-380 Pics
This site has a collection of the A-380's most recent visit to Iqaluit (neé Frobisher Bay). The text is in French:
http://charles1.ca/photos.htm
...but you can visit a humourously-translated version here (Via google babelfish):
http://tinyurl.com/2gyxbz
"Famished engineers were made deliver food of a popular snack"
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
http://charles1.ca/photos.htm
...but you can visit a humourously-translated version here (Via google babelfish):
http://tinyurl.com/2gyxbz
"Famished engineers were made deliver food of a popular snack"
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
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Assume it's to make sure the doors still open, the engines still start after a night in the cold etc. I recall watching "21st Century Jet" where they did similar things with the 777 - i.e. coat it in six inches of ice and make sure the doors still popped open.
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Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
PS For those who are interested, today in Iqaluit the high is minus 29, sunrise is at 8:36 and sunset 14:56.
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http://www.tetracom.ca/transtalk/?p=721
...it's because of the relatively dry, very cold weather and its 2,745 metre runway. Might also help that some of the federal bureaucrats may speak both French and English.
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Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
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Now those interiors are going to be a lot closer to what we will experience than all the glossy artist's renderings we've seen! Nice shots...now I've gotta head out into similar weather down here!