A380 .....THE FLYING GIANT

Last night, there was a very interesting docu on A380 on the Discovery Channel. The 2 hours program details out from a to z the A380 saga. From it's creation from the drawing board until it's delivery to SIA. It was interesting to finally know the actual reason for the late delivery (2 years late fyi). It was the comm problem between wiring (it requires 500km of cabling!!!!) made form France and Germany. Also the way BOEING took advantage of this delay and introduce 747-8.

And how it's marketing director initiate the ASIA PACIFIC marketing expedition that stop at various countries including Malaysia just to boost confidence of potential buyer of the plane. The first flight from Singapore to Sydney attracts tons of people that to buy the ticket they've to go into auction (the most expensive was RM 2M !!!!!!). And that's the number people are willing to pay just to get into the history books.

A380 bought by MAS will be delivered in 2009 and hopefully I can one day have the opportunity to be in one of it (MAS bought 6)

RIZAL