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Do you have sources? Flat out none of this appears to actually be true. I won't go through point by point and debunk it all, but the A380 for example does less
by CydeWeys 6y ago
Do you have sources? Flat out none of this appears to actually be true. I won't go through point by point and debunk it all, but the A380 for example does less runway damage than some other planes because it has a lot more tires on which to distribute its weight. See: https://pp.bme.hu/ci/article/download/2103/6681/ https://pp.bme.hu/ci/article/download/2103/6681/
- yardie 6y agoThis article from 2020 on why only 1 airport in Portugal can land a 380. https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-airbus-a380-lisbon/ https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-airbus-a380-lisbon/ And this article [1] on my city's airport from 2011 on why landing the A380 was such a big deal. And why they had to spend $4MM to upgrade a single gate. It was a fairly big deal at the time because you couldn't plug a A380 into a 747 slot. And it was almost 3 years after production before KMIA could accept a A380 as normal service. [1] https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2011-10-24-fl-airbus-a380-revisited-20111023-story.html https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2011-10-24-fl-airbu...