The revealing of the new A380, 18 Jan

CN-RAM · Post by **CN-RAM** » 17 Jan 2005, 10:31

Hi everyone

no doubt everyone knows tomorrow is the official reveal ceremony of the A380.

I hear that this will be broadcast on a German cable channel - if anyone knows if this is true and which channel please let me know. It's also being broadcast online at airbus.com however I think that you must be registered to be able to view (I think?).

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Agenda for JANUARY 18th [all times are GMT+1]

08:30
Joint press conference with Noël Forgeard, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer, and A380 customer Chief Executive Officers.

11:00
Arrival of Heads of State and Governments

- Mr Jacques Chirac,

President of the French Republic

- Tony Blair,

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

- Mr Gerhard Schrِder,

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

- Mr José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero,

President of the Government of the Spanish Kingdom

11:05
Beginning of ceremony.
Aircraft Reveal.
Inauguration of the aircraft.

12:35
End of ceremony.
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anyone have any views? will anyone bother watching this? or is everyone going to wait until le bourget to see the actual thing fly?

initially i was very negative towards the a380 but i must admit i am now quite excited!

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Jan 2005, 10:59

Broadcast is tomorrow on ZDF (German Television). more info on http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/einzelsendung/0 ... 99,00.html

Yes, I will take a look this summer in Paris-Le Bourget, and if I find the time to go to TLS, I will go there to see the first flight too.

glabbi · Post by **glabbi** » 17 Jan 2005, 11:08

hello spotters

Is there actually somebody who knows when the airbus A380 is going to make testflights because I would realy like to go to toulouse but I would like to know when this beauty flies

Thanks

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Jan 2005, 11:11

first flight is planned for somewhere in March (the 31st I think)

Post by **sn26567** » 17 Jan 2005, 11:28

Bottie wrote:Broadcast is tomorrow on ZDF (German Television).

There will also be a live video on the airbus website. I will not insult you by telling the URL of that website...

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Jan 2005, 11:32

sn26567 wrote:
Bottie wrote:Broadcast is tomorrow on ZDF (German Television).
There will also be a live video on the airbus website. I will not insult you by telling the URL of that website...

Insult me??

CN-RAM wrote: It's also being broadcast online at airbus.com

so you mean this one ... I thought you mentioned Boeing.com

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Jan 2005, 14:47

I will be watching for sure!

athos · Post by **athos** » 17 Jan 2005, 16:27

I know André,

I checked the aviation news and didn't find anything, so I thought to post the BBC link here. The same probably goes for Bits44.

So I put the link you cancelled here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4174729.stm

Post by **sn26567** » 17 Jan 2005, 17:34

athos wrote:I checked the aviation news and didn't find anything

https://www.aviation24.be/article7327.html
http://www.airbus.com/dynamic/media/pre ... s.asp#1659

Post by **luchtzak** » 18 Jan 2005, 01:24

athos wrote:So I put the link you cancelled here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4174729.stm

Don't forget to watch the Video in the BBC-article! It's very interesting

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 18 Jan 2005, 10:12

Nice.

Post by **sn26567** » 18 Jan 2005, 10:24

The unveiling will also be broadcast live on EuroNews in 6 languages, today at 11:00.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 18 Jan 2005, 10:45

Airbus Throws Media Party for A380.

Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArtic ... BUS-DC.XML

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:07

Go to www.airbus.com to view the live Video (starts at 11:00 GMT + 1)

Only problem can't view the video. I tried in two different browsers. Maybe their server is is running overcapacity with the huge interest.

Can anyone see the video?

Captain

itsdoctorv · Post by **itsdoctorv** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:10

I can't see the video either...

Doc V

elnombre · Post by **elnombre** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:16

I thought it was my router obviously a server problem
jammer!!!
El nombre

Ozzie1969 · Post by **Ozzie1969** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:27

I've stopped watching the TV broadcast. I thought I was going to see an airplane, instead there's some pompous twaddle with scenery and costumes going on. Rubbish!

Post by **Bottie** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:31

Ozzie1969 wrote:I've stopped watching the TV broadcast. I thought I was going to see an airplane, instead there's some pompous twaddle with scenery and costumes going on. Rubbish!

What do you expect

Just showing the plane and everybody goes back home? It's not simple a new car they're presenting

elnombre · Post by **elnombre** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:34

It works on the BBC site. The Airbus one is rubbish. Mind you the ceremony is indeed twaddle
El Nombre

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:42

The BBC Link is more comprehensive and yes, worked for me.