Freon
Well-known member
Ladies & Gentlemen,
I just got off a flight from Houston to Frankfurt. Business Class on a Lufthansa A380. (This was my second flight on a A380, the first was a short hop in the Mid-East on an Emirates plane.) My observations:
1) It is a big SOB, 540 Metric Tons at takeoff. 542 MT at push-back, so it burns 2000 kg of fuel just getting to the runway.
2) I counted 25 members in the flight crew. But the darn thing holds over 500 passengers.
3) In true German fashion, even the B/C seats were hard as a rock and uncomfortable. And this plane was less than a year old!
4) The seat did lay flat, and my 6'1" frame had plenty of room, but it was like sleeping on my driveway.
5) It is a lumbering beast, we must have used every inch of runway taking off and most of the runway landing.
6) On the upper deck, you are easily 80-100 feet above the ground when the plane touches down with the nose up. (about 60 feet up when parked) The sensation is much worse than being on the upper deck of a 747.
Otherwise, the food was good and the staff was great, but the booze and wine list were a little thin.
I just got off a flight from Houston to Frankfurt. Business Class on a Lufthansa A380. (This was my second flight on a A380, the first was a short hop in the Mid-East on an Emirates plane.) My observations:
1) It is a big SOB, 540 Metric Tons at takeoff. 542 MT at push-back, so it burns 2000 kg of fuel just getting to the runway.
2) I counted 25 members in the flight crew. But the darn thing holds over 500 passengers.
3) In true German fashion, even the B/C seats were hard as a rock and uncomfortable. And this plane was less than a year old!
4) The seat did lay flat, and my 6'1" frame had plenty of room, but it was like sleeping on my driveway.
5) It is a lumbering beast, we must have used every inch of runway taking off and most of the runway landing.
6) On the upper deck, you are easily 80-100 feet above the ground when the plane touches down with the nose up. (about 60 feet up when parked) The sensation is much worse than being on the upper deck of a 747.
Otherwise, the food was good and the staff was great, but the booze and wine list were a little thin.
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