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A technician works on the engine of an Airbus A380 airplane on January 28 at the maintenance hall of German airline Lufthansa in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
Aircraft large and small put on a show at the Farnborough International Airshow
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A Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen runs through a display at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, Britain, July 10. The Farnborough Airshow is in its second day.
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A businessman looks at a U.S Airforce C-17 transport plane at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 10. In the first two days, Boeing picked up an order for 100 aircraft valued at $9.2 billion.
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A man walks beneath a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 10. In the first two days, Boeing picked up an order for 100 aircraft valued at $9.2 billion. The U.S. manufacturer is set to sweep the event, with deals for at least 200 jets still pending.
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Big plane makers gather at the 2012 Farnborough International Air Show in the U.K., one of the world's major aerospace exhibitions, to ink plane orders and show off their latest aircraft.
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Airbus pulls A380 out of flying display at Paris Air Show
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The damaged right-hand wing-tip of an Airbus A380, the world's largest jetliner with a wingspan of almost 80 meters, is seen on the tarmac on the eve of the opening of the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, near Paris, June 19. Airbus said on Sunday it was pulling one of its flagship double-decker A380s out of a flying display at the Paris Air Show, compounding a series of embarrassing hiccups for the EADS unit at this year's big-ticket industry event.
According to Reuters, the damage to the wing occured when the A380 clipped a structure at the airport while performing ground maneuvers. In addition to pulling the A380 from the flying display, Airbus stated earlier that its A400M military transport plane will not perform because of a gearbox problem. Read the full story from Reuters here.
Terrified passengers aboard blazing jetliner
SINGAPORE — Terrified passengers aboard a blazing jetliner prayed together before the plane made an emergency landing on Monday. An engine on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 caught fire in midair.
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Passengers on Cathay Pacific flight CX715 prepare to disembark from the aeroplane after it landed safely at Changi Airport in Singapore on May 16. The A330 flight, which was enroute to Jakarta, experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff and had to return to Singapore. Its right engine was burnt, according to pilot Bradley Chic.
Cathay Pacific said the jet, bound for Jakarta with 136 passengers on board, landed back in Singapore "without incident" just before 2 a.m. It said the crew shut down the engine after receiving a "stall warning." Continue reading.
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Passengers on Cathay Pacific flight CX715 disembark from the aeroplane after it landed safely at Changi Airport in Singapore on May 16.
Reuters photographer Beawiharta was aboard the aircraft with his wife, two sons and daughter. As any good photographer knows, and as these dramatic images prove, you should always have your camera on you.
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Firefighters try to put out a fire on the starboard engine of Cathay Pacific CX715, an Airbus A330 passenger jet, after it made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport on May 16.
Crowd gathers to watch first landing of Airbus A380 at San Francisco International Airport
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Spectators watch a Lufthansa Airbus A380 land at San Francisco International Airport on May 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Lufthansa became the first major airline to bring the Airbus A380 to San Francisco International Airport with a daily non-stop to and from Frankfurt, Germany.
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Spectators wait for a Lufthansa Airbus A380 plane to land at San Francisco International Airport on May 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California.
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A Lufthansa Airbus A380 plane lands at San Francisco International Airport.
Here's more about the landing event from an airplane enthusiast.
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A shower room in first class is pictured on the upper deck of an Emirates Airbus A380, after it landed at Manchester Airport in Manchester, north-west England on September 1, 2010. Manchester is the second airport in UK to start accepting the Airbus, after London Heathrow.
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A stewardess poses for photographers in the bar on the upper deck.
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A first class seat, set for lunch.
A shower in the sky
Q: Who says commercial air travel is awful these days?
A: Probably not the folks who can afford the $7840 for a first-class round trip flight from Dubai to Manchester.*
Previously: Airbus 380 = Huge
*Based on a flight search on Emirates' U.K. site, and using their site currency converter.
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An Airbus A380 of German airline Lufthansa rolls over a bridge after it landed at the airport in Schkeuditz near Leipzig in eastern Germany on June 1, 2010. The German national football team will use an A380 when they travel on June 6, 2010 to South Africa to take part in the 2010 Football World Cup.
Airbus 380 = HUGE
I saw one of these for the first time on Friday, from the window of a 757 on the tarmac at Sea-Tac. It's hard to describe how big this aircraft is, but getting the scale of the cars and roadway in this picture really helps.