#A new dawn wow registration

With a substantial number of firm orders, the A380вЂ™s economy and environmental superiority вЂ“ along with its technological innovations and use of weight-saving composites confirms AirbusвЂ™ position as one of the worldвЂ™s leading aircraft manufacturers. The A380 was unveiled at AirbusвЂ™ Jean-Luc LagardГЁre final assembly facility in Toulouse, France.

And Lelaie enthused: вЂњWe now really sense the potential of this magnificent machine.вЂќ Afterwards Rosay said flying the biggest passenger aircraft the world had seen was вЂњlike handling a bicycleвЂќ.

The flight could not have gone more perfectly. Other crew members on this historic flight were Fernando Alonso, Vice President Flight Division, flight test engineers Jacky Joye and Manfred Birnfeld, and test flight engineer GГ©rard Desbois.

#A new dawn wow registration

On a brilliant spring day the A380 вЂ“ with the registration F-WWOW and powered by four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines вЂ“ took off for a flight lasting three hours and 54 minutes, jointly captained by Claude Lelaie, Senior Vice President Flight Division, and Jacques Rosay, Chief Test Pilot and Vice President. (On the following day some 5,000 Airbus employees enjoyed their own special replica Reveal ceremony, which was broadcast live to employees at Airbus sites around the world.)ДЇollowing the Reveal, anticipation built towards the A380вЂ™s first flight, which took place in Toulouse on 27 April, 2005, in front of the worldвЂ™s media. The event was streamed live to hundreds of thousands of people through the website вЂ“ which recorded a record number of visitors - and a number of television channels broadcast it live. The spectacular Reveal ceremony, held in the A380 Final Assembly Facility, featured fireworks, dry ice, lasers, dancers, and projected images of all of AirbusвЂ™ aircraft flying around the hall, while a narrator in the form of a hologram wizard spoke of the magic of aviation and how the dream of the A380 had become a reality thanks to the vision and spirit of Airbus. By now there were 14 launch customers and 149 orders for the A380 and its freighter version, the A380F. The aircraft was painted in a new Airbus livery. The national leaders of Britain, France, Spain and Germany joined more than 5,000 guests вЂ“ including customers, suppliers and hundreds of journalists вЂ“ to witness the unveiling of the aircraft Airbus said would usher in вЂњa new way of flyingвЂќ. The A380 Reveal on 18 January, 2005, created publicity around the world and won plaudits for its imaginative style. Using its innovative know-how Airbus had devised a new system to transport the wings, fuselage sections and horizontal tailplane on a specially-built ferry, then by barge and road to Toulouse from its manufacturing sites in France, Germany, Spain and Britain.ДЄs the year moved on, the first complete A380 to be assembled came off the production line and was painted in readiness for its unveiling to the world.ДЄirbusвЂ™ A380 final assembly line was officially opened in May 2004. Production of major components for the first A380s, which would be used for ground and flight tests to achieve certification, were well-advanced вЂ“ the airframe to be used for structural tests was revealed in its assembly jigs at the A380 Final Assembly Line opening ceremony.

It was more than a new aircraft capable of carrying 525 people in two classes 8,000 nm/15,000 km - or non-stop from Europe to Asia, North America and South America. Now the pioneering spirit of Airbus which had inspired the companyвЂ™s success from the very earliest days and through all its programmes and technological innovations had risen again in the A380. The size of the site itself was impressive enough вЂ“ the main assembly hall was one of the largest buildings of its kind, measuring 490 metres by 250 metres with a height of 46 metres and, with other buildings on the site, comprised 32,000 tonnes of steel (the equivalent of four Eiffel Towers).Д«ut the impact of the occasion was even more so. On 7 May, 2004, before more than 3,000 guests, the French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin officially opened the A380 final assembly line in Toulouse.