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When i get more info i will post it James.

When waiting for Air Force 1 to arrive i watched a 380 of Singapore depart and was not impressed as it was far to Quiet I would expect somthing that big to make a Decent amount of Noise anouncing it"s self to the World but it was Drouned out by a 747 of Malaysian which was waiting to depart behind it

It was ignored by every one the Singapore Whale Jet that is and when the Malaysian 744 rolled away it was beeing watched by almost every one enjoying the Sound of a JUMBO a Cherrished old Freind evey one beeing Spotters and Non Spotters alike.

Unlike this young upstart the Whale Jet.

The 124 is an older generation Aircraft with Russian Big Turbo Fanns that make a 747 size amount of Noise but it is somthing we will loose in the futture as more and more of the older machines"s go to the Bine yards and meet the Breaker"s.

At least if you Visit Russia it is like going back to the 1980s with Hundreds of Rearly Lound and Interesting machines Roaring and Smoking all over the Place.

I have read that the model is rather Large in the region of a 737 so it has to be Air Deliverd.


They Posted it would arrive on the 225 but a Source has said it will arive on a 124. so I coreected the text below.
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The Saqn Bernadino SUN News Paper US .



Rancho firm works on model Airbus A380
Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 06/15/2008 08:40:52 PM PDT


RANCHO CUCAMONGA - There's an 80-foot-long Airbus A380 being built on a shady street in the city's office corridor.
In recent weeks, a group of 30 or so workers sanded and painted this steel and fiberglass model, preparing it for its trip to London's Heathrow Airport.

When completed, there won't be any windows or seats and the engines won't work.

That's because this Airbus made by Penwal Industries is just a model. But at one-third the size of the actual aircraft, the replica has a wing span of 88 feet and is the size of a Boeing 737.

Tucked away on tiny Acacia Street, Penwal Industries has been fabricating large scale projects for museums, retailers, amusement parks and other customers for nearly three decades.

For this project, Emirates Airlines wanted the model plane to be on display at an airport roundabout for advertising purposes. The current outdoor site has remained empty since a Concorde replica was removed.

Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the airline is the world's seventh largest.

According to Diane Bader of Penwal Industries, the model A380 will be finished by the end of the month and transported to London via LA/Ontario International Airport. Because the model plane will still be huge at one-third scale, Penwal is building it in three sections so it can fit inside an Antonov An 124, the world's second largest aircraft.

"It's almost like a puzzle," Bader said. "We'll have to take the puzzle apart so we can put it back together."
Heathrow is the busiest airport in the world catering to more than 67 million passengers every year.

On a recent afternoon, workers at Penwal's 61,000-square- foot facility, who have been working on this project since February, were prepping the plane for a labor intensive paint job. The plane dwarfed other current projects at the company but the A380 falls short of Penwal's biggest work - a full-scale Saturn V rocket which stands 365 feet tall and weighs 600 tons. The model is displayed in Huntsville, Ala., home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

The A380 is scheduled to leave Ontario on July 3.

Once in London, it will take a week to assemble.

I know people who moved to nere RAF lakenheath some years back and they love it being F-1 fans and former Concorde lovers F-15s give them a lot of Enjoyment in an other wise Dull and Silent World.

YUK is doing my head in at the momment

Peter

The current booking is for RA-82075 to arrive at 14.15L on Saturday 5th July, and depart at 08.20L on Sunday 6th July. The flight number will be POT866 on the inbound, and POT867 on the outbound.

If it"s on 09s ile be staying home to watch it Climb out over my Direction Mite Cause an Eclipse over Wimbledon!