Airbus Country

Yes, I was back in France after 2 years. Toulouse specifically. The first time was during winter. This time around it's late summer.


Caught this A380 waiting to take off when my flight landed at Blagnac.


That's the new SIA A380 undergoing testing before delivery. Yup that's the first bird to be delivered.


This is the place where the A380 tour is conducted. It starts at the boarding room that is recreated to look like the engineering room where flight telemetry data is analyzed. After explaining the A380 program, we were taken on a bus tour of the Airbus manufacturing sites. We were then dropped off at the A380 plant where we got to see the assembled planes undergoing testing. At that time, we also saw the SIA A380 taxing back after testing at the other side of the airport.

Unfortunately we were not allowed to bring any cameras during the tour so there's no pictures from the tour :(


Another shot of the A380 taken while we were driving pass the airport.


The A380 taking off.