Pilot Report: Flying the Airbus A380

Credit: Airbus
Airbus has managed to give its A380 mega-transport the performance and flight characteristics of a much smaller aircraft, both in the air and on the ground. This accomplishment belies the fact that the A380-800 weighs in at 1.235 million lb. at maximum takeoff weight and looks large to the eye in...

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