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THE MODERN WORLD
Airbus 380 INTERIOR VIEW OF BUSINESS CLASS CABIN Storage
Concealed
Personal
Galley
area lighting lighting locker
THE AIRBUS A380 WAS CONCEIVED in the
early 1990s to compete with, and if
possible replace, the Boeing 747. Work Window
began in earnest on what was then blind
called the A3XX in 1994. Its maiden
Reclining
flight was in April 2005. The A380’s seat
shape is subtly molded to minimize
Seat
CROSS-SECTION drag from its ovoid fuselage. The control
OF FUSELAGE panel
structure makes extensive use of
composite materials, such as thermoplastics and
GLARE (aluminum and glass fiber). Its engines are
very powerful, but also very efficient. It is claimed Aisle Folding Vertical
that when carrying 550 passengers, the A380 uses foot rest tailplane
only ¾ gallon (2.9 liters) of fuel per GLARE upper
fuselage
passenger per 60 miles (100 km).
Horizontal
tailplane
Obstruction Swept titanium
light fan blades

Wing landing
gear
Company
logo FRONT VIEW
Overwing
Jupp-Reese Upper deck emergency
Split rudder
winglet windows exit

Auxiliary
Power Unit Horizontal
(APU) exhaust tailplane
Aft door
Tailcone
SIDE VIEW fairing
Belly fairing Flap track
fairings

Body landing
gear

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