First flight of the Airbus A380 "Superjumbo"

A clip showing the maiden flight of the Airbus A380, from a Discovery Channel documentary about the same aircraft.

[@NUMB3R5S]

No matter how many times you watch it, it's just so tense. And then when you see it take off, it's just incredible, that something that big can take-off and fly so smoothly!

[@yogivansloth1118]

This aircraft might not have been successful commercially, but it sure as hell was a home run in terms of engineering. Just imagine how the French were able to put a double-decker into the air only a little over one hundred years after the Wright brothers took flight. If it's not success, I'm not sure what is.

[@muzero2642]

A bit like the concorde.

[@bigballz4u]

Technically, the 747 is a double decker

[@yogivansloth1118]

@Alpha Jamil right - i'm sure all they did was multiple everything by 2. pure and simple. What an ignorant comment.

[@-Ninnux-]

And all of the other nations who are part of airbus…? :(

[@ItzChickenYall]

@@bigballz4uit’s a half double decker

[@Swankey009]

How lucky are those who witnessed this moment as the beginning of an era in aviation

[@afikkusan]

I was mesmerized by how big it is in real life. I saw one and damn, that thing is a two storey building with wings and engines!

[@stephendenis8255]

I just got back here to enjoy the “super plane era” in “2 engine long-haul plane era”

[@juangomez713]

As a Boeing fan, huge respect to the engineering team for making this possible

[@sighfly2928]

Didn’t realise they still have fans

[@SmoothJamYT]

@@sighfly2928 they do xd

[@athgt6630]

Any true lover of aviation will admire and respect a wonderful flying machine regardless of country of origin or company that built it.

[@sparkymalarky4322]

Just curious if you are still a boeing fan

[@juangomez713]

@@sparkymalarky4322 yes Boeing’s engineering and history fascinates me, however their greedy managers are a disease from within. R.I.P John Barnett

[@MegaYangman]

Now the first A380 is already retired.

[@JoshCartman]

@@a.k.963 just use Google Chrome and it's translator. It won't translate the agreement so just click the blue button.

[@BaxterDaTrashball]

And the last one was built today

[@keonecapan4742]

No he not he was still strong

[@coconutboy8198]

it's not retired, it just stopped producing. there's a difference between retiring and stop production

[@dascansie887]

Jip

[@klyplays]

If A380 wasn't built, nobody in the aviation industry would have taken Airbus seriously, they would have been in the realm of embraer/lockheed/bombardier. Thanks to A380, they can sell their profitable products. That's what people don't consider when they talk about A380.

[@AquariumSurge]

Exactly, this project gave them Wings and now Boeing is crumbling!

[@Su57F1]

Lockheed is pretty major honestly, seeing as their sales in the military industry

[@klyplays]

@@Su57F1 Military is a different ballgame, it's a kickback industry for America and Europe

[@freepadz6241]

True. Known as the halo effect

[@DausHMS]

Airbus was already a major player in aerospace industry before A380 was even built. They already cater to short haul, narrowbody market with their A320s and mid-long haul, widebody with their A300s, A330s and A340s. The A380s will only be profitable in high density routes, which is why only a handful of airliners fly them. Flying half full A380 would be like flying two twinjets with one of them empty.

[@princeofnigeria]

Last A380 was made a day ago. damn.

[@kirankhare5630]

That was beautiful 👏 I am so mesmerized by aircraft’s

[@parkkunx]

I always feel safe everytime I fly a380

[@Diaafem]

never flew one but i’d prefer an a380 then 747

[@chrisrussell6781]

Best plane I ever flew on.

[@macieksoft]

Especially with all the helmets.

[@waleedels.vnzeeeeemet9591]

​@@macieksoftthey don't use a helmet anymore

[@kelvincostner7775]

From Wright Brothers, to this 💪💪

[@Mangekyou_Sharingan1111]

This is where the 747's kingdom end

[@HDx03]

Absolutely amazing.

[@theoschofield1495]

the dislikes are from Boeing

[@GregStew]

Very EPIC!!😊✨ How far have we come since the Wright Flyer went along the rails then into the air. Imagine what humanity will accomplish with flying machines 100 years from now! 🤔🧐. It’s going to be EPIC!! 😊✨

[@KosovoJeSrbija536]

What a smooth take off 💪🏼

[@72mossy]

Worked in Hangar maintenance on the A320 family for 14 years

[@StainGaming]

love the a380 always will

[@Codybricks]

My dad flew on the first a380, it was a circuit Tullamarine to Tullamarine. Edit: I just learned that it was the first Australian a380

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Is this the actual A380 that flew over yes at prestwick that day it done a tour of manufacturing sites for components greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Boeings630]

Wow would you imagine seeing that take off

[@aviationlouis777]

the music used in this is amazing. whats it called?

[@ColdConceptOfficial]

Do they have a chance to vacate the aircraft if anything goes wrong? i mean, those helmets arent gonna do much without a exit or a parachute?

[@roobear78]

yes they wear parachutes and there is an evacuation plan for getting out qucikly

[@BatfinksWings]

European engineering 💪💪

[@french_lol1559]

1:01 Do you think who that is?? Swiss001

[@matteo9212]

Nope

[@amethystblues24]

No

[@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns]

kinda looks like him lol

[@42LGK]

that smile tho

[@outermarker5801]

Remember like it was yesterday.

[@arifzuhayri7230]

sending love to my plane,

[@AirlinesAviation]

I would be honest but I actually sat in a380 in my life.

[@Mangekyou_Sharingan1111]

How was it?

[@restuaji1802]

And now the last a380 are made

[@Unbraking69420]

Everybody will miss a380 coz it has shutdown not airbus company but a380

[@dailydoseofinstagramfunnyv1037]

it didnt take off... the earth fell beneath it.

[@alrickfernandes6715]

Nice

[@vratnajoshi130]

Both Boeing and Airbus made life easier and gave wings to common man

[@goldwing7505]

Great nation

[@ziia0528]

The deserve more....

[@Kikijay2]

Og

[@brizzle3903]

I wonder what it would’ve been like had Airbus released this plane at the same time the Boeing 747 came out? It’s unfortunate this plane didn’t come out until 2005

[@markfox1545]

Exactly 10.18? 😅😅

[@arkinjaredmorales4123]

Wow same date as my bday

[@alejandrocastilloramos1196]

The airplane beautiful a380

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

And even the test pilots had parachutes !

[@farr5431]

Ah yes the pilots wearing nasa Like jump suits with parachutes in case of emergency they were so helpful to nasa astronauts in times of disaster

[@RobloxianX]

And 15 years later the first a380 was retired. What a failure this project was…

[@Giratina575]

It wasn't a complete fail. The plandemic and more efficient twinjets unfortunately killed it

[@liam2479]

Was 40 years late to the market unfortunately, they should have tried to capitalise and develop a freight variant in my opinion, but they stuck with passengers. There are obviously commercial reasons overall as to why it failed ultimately, but I still can’t stop appreciating that we got something that size off the ground.

[@brizzle3903]

@@liam2479 true! They should’ve brought this out at the same time the 747 came out, it would’ve lasted longer than it did

[@johnstuartsmith]

@@brizzle3903 The 747 was designed around using 4 of the biggest, most powerful engines available at the time. The size of engines needed for an A380 hadn't been developed yet. If the A380 had come out in the early 70's, it would certainly have put the 747, the DC-10 and the Lockheed TriStar in the shade.

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

As the Concord was to the B747, the A380 is to the 787.. Once more, Europe failed to forsee the market..

[@parinpatel5719]

A380 is to the A350 I believe

[@ANGEL-st9xr]

US : Hold my MAX737

[@rafidhasan2650]

Stfu boeing killed so many people in the past 4 years and airbus is on top now and a350 is the best aircraft rn fuck outta here

[@janickpauwels3792]

In 2020, Airbus delivered 566 aircraft, compared to 156 from boeing. Seems pretty clear to me...

[@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns]

@@janickpauwels3792 yup, the a380 walked so their newer aircraft could run and jump

[@spacecoastdriver]

Who the * cares about the people, film the plane.

[@astrakboat]

not a pretty aircraft

[@apieceofdirt4681]

A complete failure

[@amethystblues24]

No

[@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns]

only in sales, technologically, the A380 is a success of mammoth proportions, it only failed because it was built for a bygone era of super massive planes, the A350 can owe it's existence to the A380 as many technologies that the A350 uses were first introduced and streamlined by the A380, Airbus also uses one of its A380s as a testbed for new technologies. calling the A380 a "complete failure" is an insult to the engineers that spent years designing this technologically advanced giant of the skies

[@apieceofdirt4681]

@@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns “Only in sales” lol That’s the whole point of developing the thing is to sell them and earn the money back in the massively over budget A380 program. Sorry to hurt the feelings but it’s a factual statement. Had Airbus developed that thing 25 years earlier it may have been a true success. The 747-8 uses a lot of the same technologies found on the 787 but the-8 was a failure as well but the entire 747 family program (except for the 747SP) was/is an example of a successful program.

[@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns]

@@apieceofdirt4681 yes the A380 didnt sell and it was massively a overbudget project but you can thank the a380 for all modern airbus aircraft, the a320 and a330 neo use and benefit from technologies that were pioneered by the a380, the a330 and a320/21 neo are both massively successful and profitable aircraft. the a350s composites are pioneered by the a380 and it would be much harder and more expensive to develop the newer airbus aircraft without it. the a380 walked so the a330/ a320 neo/ a350 could run, even if it came at the cost of sales. winglets, a380, composites, a380, cabin lights, a380 flight control systems, a380 newer and larger factories, a380. so it wasn't a commercial success but it was an engineering challenge who's technologies would make their way into newer aircraft and support airbus' success.

[@brizzle3903]

Airbus made up for it by dominating in other areas, look at how Boeing has struggled over the years because of the 737/787 screw ups, Airbus is eating their lunch