A380 takes first flight

Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, April 26, 2005

I’m more interested in looking at the first flight than reading about it, so … here are a collection of links to news reports with photos, starting with this A380 photo gallery from CNET:

http://news.com.com/Photos++Double-decker+Airbus+prepares+for+takeoff/2009-7337_3-5539981.html?tag=nl

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/ny-bzplan0428,0,7204416.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/26/airbus.launch/index.html

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-1588044,00.html

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/144814/1/.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/business/27cnd-airbus.html

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050427-0843-a380-firstflight.html

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw111460590282B236

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/27/content_2886285.htm

Hmm…. and here’s a link to a news blog at The Guardian in Manchester, England, where the A380 is today’s topic. Feel free to weigh in here, and there:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/business/2005/04/27/flying_high.html