Airbus decided that the new airbus A380 wasn't big enough so they decided to make a new model
(https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aircargonews.com%2FFT05%2FA390.gif&hash=616b0f135079879d12387ea7ab65769bd9f49795)
That is humor? ???
High-density profit :D :D
Nevermind sorry... I didn't see the picture :-[
Oh... I totally forgot. I knew there was still aircraft data to be sent to you Sami... sorry...
Thanks Petros for the pic.
Heres the data Sami:
A390-100 "Whale Shark". With Emirates call for a 2000 seat aircraft, Airbus responded with this aircraft. Basically merging an A300-600ST with an A380 body. Thus, the "Whale Shark" was born...
Range w/ Empty: 1827nm
Range w/ Typical: 954nm
Range w/ MTOW: 427nm
Max Speed: Mach .82
Cruise Speed: Mach .80
Empty Weight: 950,560 kg
MTOW: 1,800,000 kg
Max Payload: 525,000 kg
Runway requirement: 3,900m
Fuel Econ: 19,450 kg/hr
Cargo Volume(m3): n/a
Power Plant: 4x Rolls Royce Trent 1050A (215,000 hp)
Seating(Typical/Max): 2000/2550
Crew(Pilots/FA): 3/24
Production(Start/End): Launched in 2011; Deliveries Started in Aug 2016.
So yeah... there ya go Sami ;)
-Talentz :P
That is so wrong... it looks like a cruise ship... or a flying whale
Just add a couple of rockets here and there, and you got a spaceship with enough paying passengers to pay for the fuel...
I have always liked the 'turbo-DC':
here's the base model: http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/search/photo_search.php?id=00000004
and here's the takeoff with afterburners: http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/search/photo_search.php?id=00000673 (this photo actually made it to Finnair's DC-9 pilots bulletin board at their ops center) ;)
I's love to see the insurance payout when one of these crash.
In reality though, it would be more profitable to send 5 772s for the job.
Quote from: Echoco on January 06, 2009, 08:06:36 PM
I's love to see the insurance payout when one of these crash.
And i'd like to see the receipt for this thing! I bet it will cost no less than 1 billion lol
Finnair has also made some plans for future aircraft:
http://www.departure2093.com/en/future_fleet_images/3/?id=39
:P
actualy no joke but it has been considered in the 90's
here's a screenshot from the an225 doc "Discovery Superstructures Antonov 225"
it could transport up to 1500 persons in economy class
(https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.telenet.be%2Fdoake%2Fan-225mod.png&hash=416175261d7843dcfebc46c7be94b879abf667e4)
That idea didn't even reach the drawing board though. Antonov laughed it off as a ridiculous suggetion (it wasn't theirs).