competitive spirit will never leave mankind.In every sphere of life, people are trying to surpass previous achievements, be the first to conquer the podium.No exception - and aircraft.The title of "the biggest airplane in the world" - this is one of the goals of which was driven by more than one aircraft manufacturers.Today it is a place of honor among passenger aircraft takes development of European aircraft manufacturers - Airbus A380.Ego development took more than 10 years, but the work of aircraft was not lost in vain, the largest plane is also one of the most economical fuel consumption - 3 liters per 100 km on a singlepassenger.By this he owes his small specific weight due to the use of composite materials in the construction.The share of the A380 CFRP is 40% of it made the wings and fuselage.
biggest aircraft in the world, used for passenger transport, the size is impressive: the length of the aircraft - 73 m, height - 24 m, at the giant wingspan - 79.8 meters. The liner consists of two decks.The bottom is designed for economy class passengers, the top - for traveling business and first class.The crew - 27 people for a seven-hour flight and 30 people - for 14 hours.
Due to the gigantic dimensions of the A380 Airbus can take only a very major airports of the world and in our country, only two - Domodedovo and Novosibirsk Tolmachevo.The range of non-stop flight - 15.2 thousand. Km.At one time the largest passenger aircraft can carry 525 to 853 passengers, depending on the comfort of their placement in the cabin.And in terms of comfort, it made a lot.The ship has two bars, 15 bathrooms, two showers for first class passengers.Chairs can be transformed into horizontal beds, they provided an opportunity to massage.Furthermore, at all places greatest plane in the world to offer a refrigerator for beverages, multimedia system 17 "TV, satellite access. For an overview of the surroundings of any passenger can receive the image on the screen, broadcasted from the external video cameras mounted on the greatestaircraft in the world.
his first flight Airbus A380 performed in 2005, and in January 2006, the ship has made a transatlantic flight. Commercial use of this aircraft began in October 2007, after passing the complex acceptance testing. In order to compensate for allmoney spent since 1994 on the development of the ship, aircraft manufacturers - concern "Airbus SAS" - will be required to sell at least 420 aircraft. However, as estimated by some experts, the number of aircraft sold to recoup spent 12 billion. euros, should be more.
addition to the basic modification A380-800, plowing airspace today, plans to release another 5 aircraft modifications: A380-900 length of 79.4 m (to be presented to the world in 2015);A380-1000, which will be the length of the aircraft (87 m) and can carry more than 1,000 passengers at a time, (A380-800F - cargo version);A380-800ER - aircraft with extended range;A380-700 truncation option (67.9 m).
