Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles
March 19, 2007



The first prototype of the Airbus A380, F-WWOW landed at Los Angeles International Airport for the first time at 9:30 AM PDT on Monday, March 19, 2007. It arrived from Toulouse, France with the call sign Airbus 101 Super. It departed on Tuesday, March 20.

Airbus A380

Wingspan: 261 feet 10 inches

Length: 239 feet 6 inches

Wing Area: 9,100 square feet

Maximum Weight: 1,235,000 pounds

Range: 8,000 nautical miles

Powerplant: 4 x 84,000 lb RR Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP-7200

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Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 A large crowd gathered around the airport to see the arrival of the behemouth.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The A380 flares to land on Runway 24R.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The twenty wheels of the main landing gear scrub off a cloud of smoke at touchdown.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The nose gear touches down. The control tower and a small part of the theme building can be seen in the background.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The rear part of the inboard engine nacelle translates aft as the thrust reversers are engaged.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The A380 reveals the enormaous area of its flaps and spoilers.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The A380 taxied to the Imperial Terminal on the south side of the airport to be presented to the media. An Australian national flag was raised next to the United States and California flags in honor of the QANTAS Crew that was flying aboard the giant Airbus.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 F-WWOW is powered by four 84,000 pound thrust Rolls Royce Trent 900 turbofan engines. The first stage compressor blades can be seen to be intricately sculpted.

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007


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Giant Jet Airplanes

  First Flight Wing Span Length Wing Area (ft2) Gross Weight (lbs) Engines
Boeing 777-9

2018

235ft 5in

251ft 9in

5,025

775,000

2 × 105,000 lb General Electric GE9X-105B1A
Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch

2018

385ft

238ft

?

1,300,000

6 × 56,750 lb Pratt & Whitney PW4056
Boeing 747-8 Jumbo Jet

2010

224ft,07in

250ft,02in

5,960

975,000

4 x 66,500 GEnx-2B67
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

2009

197ft, 03in

206ft

3,501

545,000

2 x 71,000 lb General Electric GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

2009

197ft, 03in

186ft

3,501

502,500

2 x 64,000 lb General Electric GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
Airbus A380

2005

261ft,10in

239ft,06in

9,100

1,235,000

4 x 84,000 lb RR Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP-7200
Boeing 777-300ER

2003

212ft,07in

242ft,04in

4,700

775,000

2 x 115,300 lb GE90-115B
Airbus A340-600

2001

208ft,02in

247ft,01in

4,729

811,300

4 x 56,000 lb RR Trent 556
Boeing 777-200

1994

209ft,01in

199ft,11in

4,605

545,000

2 x 74,000 lb PW4074, GE90-75B, or RR Trent 875
Airbus A330-300

1992

197ft,10in

208ft,10in

3,892

507,000

2 x 51,590 lb GE CF6-80E, PW4000, or RR Trent 700
Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet

1988

211ft,05in

231ft,10in

5,650

833,000

4 x 45,000 PW4062 or GE CF6-80C2B1F
Antonov An-225 Mryia

1988

290ft,00in

275ft,07in

10,280

1,300,000

6 x 51,590 lb DT-18T
Antonov An-124 Ruslan

1984

240ft,00in

227ft,00in

6,760

890,000

4 x 51,590 lb DT-18T
Tupolev 160 Blackjack 1981 182ft, 09in 177ft, 06in 3,660 606,000 4 x 50,900 lb NK-321
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy

1968

222ft,08in

247ft,10in

6,200

769,000

4 x 50,000 lb GE TF-39
Boeing 747-100 Jumbo Jet

1968

195ft,08in

231ft,04in

5,500

850,000

4 x 50,000 lb P&W JT9D
Antonov An-22 Antheus

1965

211ft,04in

189ft,07in

3,713

550,000

4 x 15,000 shp Kuznetsov NK-12MV
North American XB-70A Valkyrie

1964

105ft,00in

189ft,00in

6,297

530,000

6 x 33,000,lb J-93
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

1952

185ft,00in

157ft,07in

4,000

450,000

8 x 8,000 lb J-57
Convair YB-60

1952

206ft,05in

175ft,02in

5,239

410,000

8 x 8,000 lb J-57







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