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AW73 Jul 26, 2013 3:54 am
A380 To Cardiff
 
Hi All,

Just some info to let you know that we are having the new A380 aircraft visiting our hangar at B.A.M.C in Cardiff on Monday 29-July @ 09:00, will be good to see it close up.

yellow_peril Jul 26, 2013 4:02 am
I saw some tweeting by excited Cardiff people last night! I hope that you enjoy your first visit from the Whalejet!

Will you be maintaining them in Cardiff as you have been the B747s?

Ed

courtster Jul 26, 2013 4:09 am
Awesome, that may mean I get my first glimpse of it from my garden in Bristol :)

tinytraveller Jul 26, 2013 5:55 am
Fabulous - I shall be keeping my eyes (and ears) out for this on Monday then! Perhaps a visit to my SIL in St Athan is in order?!

rwoman Jul 29, 2013 5:38 am
BBC: A380 superjumbo flies into Cardiff Airport
 
BBC: A380 superjumbo flies into Cardiff Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-23485174

British Airways' first A380 superjumbo has landed in Cardiff allowing the airport to test its ability to handle an aircraft of that size.

It was the first time the world's largest passenger plane had landed at Cardiff and BA hopes it will prove the airport can cope in the event of a diversion.

BA has a maintenance base at Cardiff Airport, employing hundreds of workers.

While I have no doubt the folks at Cardiff would like to see long haul service, I'm not sure how likely it is to actually happen.

:)

courtster Jul 29, 2013 7:23 am
It came within a mile of my house but was still a bit high so didn't see it. Could hear it though.

Just took off from CWL, I wonder where to now...

catandmouse Jul 29, 2013 7:28 am
http://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9151

doesn't say where it's going to though

tim85 Jul 29, 2013 7:28 am
Originally Posted by courtster (Post 21175595)
Just took off from CWL, I wonder where to now...
On its way to Stansted according to the South Wales Aviation Group website :)

Gshumway Jul 29, 2013 7:56 am
And it just landed in Standsted.

taff_2003 Jul 29, 2013 10:16 am
This quote from the BBC article tickled me:

British Airways' first A380 superjumbo has visited Cardiff allowing the airport to test its ability to handle an aircraft of that size.
My extensive experience of CWL - my local airport - is that it struggles to handle well aircraft a quarter of the size of the A380.

mumha abu Jul 30, 2013 1:46 am
Looks like we have the A380 in SNN today!! http://www.clareherald.com/2013/07/a...-tomorrow.html

mumha abu Jul 30, 2013 5:26 am
Welcome to SNN^https://twitter.com/shannon_airport/...567616/photo/1

courtster Jul 30, 2013 6:41 am
Looks like she's on her way to LGW!

http://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9153

Keep an eye out if you're in the lounge...

Julo Jul 30, 2013 6:53 am
And from Gatwick, it will be returning to Heathrow this evening.

lorcancoyle Jul 30, 2013 1:38 pm
A380 To Cardiff
 
Just saw her as I landed on 27L - had just wandered past 3 parked A380s (SQ, EK and QF) heading down to engineering it seemed. Looked good!


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