A truly amazing documentary and fascinating to watch what so few of us know about aircraft construction! I have to confess, I never like the talk of "cutting costs". I've been in jobs where it ends up less efficient.
I travelled in A380 Emirates and Lufthansa in business class. No doubt best experience silent takeoff and cruse and landing. Unfortunately now airbus has stopped A380 and many airlines have scrapped A 380 in a vast open air yard on Arizona. So now ehat😊😊😊
Because it’s interesting and they make all the Airbus wings there. There’s no expiration on historical interest, even over 13 days ago - god forbid. Where do you people emerge from?
They’re both equally logical. Best not to get too hung up on regional pronunciations; the US tend to say seven forty seven, Brits tend to say seven four seven. Which is correct?
A very Interesting Video, as I was once connected by working the night shift producing the wing fittings for wing landing gear. My day mate and I made the first few sets of gear ribs and spars used in NDT and destructive testing plus used in the first A380 test-flying aeroplane. We used to make the same components for the then Airbus fleet of Aircraft until 2003 when sadly our company closed after trading for over 60 years. But It left me still very proud to be connected to A380 number one.
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz Oh deary me, REALLY, shame no change to the design on parts WE ONCE MADE eh.. best you google the time period of the alleged failure eh..lol
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz Are you even sure you know what an aeroplane is? as you sure talk like a Boeing employee. LOL.. Losers talk just like you in desperation, so, please make us laugh, and talk some more.. I have time, lots of time to read losers comments, as the rest of RUclips does.. I wonder If you even choose one person at random to make people laugh at you, as it sure looks like that from my office here. If you work at Broughton, then just maybe your Anti English, If you're a Boeing worker, then yes, your products continue to amuse the world with their takeaway plastic non-swarf-making bodies banned by the US governance.. If you're not, you just sound like the losing side - LOL. Do you know what a 5-axis machining centre is? But then, I very much doubt it.. Bye chappie.. have fun now, ask someone for a ball you can chase "JOHN SMITH"
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz OH DEARY ME, why should I be wasting my time replying to a nutter? well, I have time LOTS OF TIME even for nutters, here "JOHN SMITH" There's a British beer named after you, it's vile also. OK, IF you care to google a name of a long ceased subcontractor to aerospace plus other high-end parts it might explain me and my once fellow workers there. We worked 24 hours a day 7 days a week constantly. Only closing for 2 days for Christmas. The A380 newly installed twin pallet 5-axis machine was run in European working style by Friday to Sunday day and night shifts and Monday to Thursday days and nights just to meet demand then. My fellow workers on smaller parts like the entire civil Airbus fleet A319/ 320/ 321/ 340 up till 2003 plus many other UK and European aircraft Companies such as ROLLS ROYCE AERO, but it all fell foul of RR and AIRBUSSES demand for a %10 price reduction on each part made year on year. "The General Engineering (ILFORD) LTD Roebuck Road, Hainault, ILFORD, Essex for the nosey people, Oh, My old dad worked there before he got me a job there as a 15-year-old. I am 75 years old now, and so fully trained I could and did run any machine In the shop when asked!! I actually produced more Airbus parts per shift twice more than any other operator before me, the reason? They were just machines, I don't care what the machine made I looked at the machine, sussed It out, made it run quicker/ easy when you know how, and to all the muppits before me, I BEAT YOU ALL FACT!!
Amazing, As it is unbelievable that how Human Creation on this Plannet a Very Highly Technology being used in Aviation Journey ever.... Almost it is Above of our thoughts....
A shame that this video is historic! The last set of A380 wings were manufactured and transported to France for final assembly in to the completed aircraft in early 2020.
The vast distance all these parts travel must cost millions each year? How is that even cost effective?? No US made plane is subject to such a crazy policy
Why to save costs, Rolls Royce AERO even built a new factory next to a boing plant.. OK google the train crash leaving brand new Boeing bodies in the river rather than fish them out / Did you know one of Boeing's most successful aeroplanes the B 29 was it, is being powered by a new set of 8 Rolls Royce engines for the US entire fleet of long-range bombers, being called the B29J. just saying for a friend
@@John-nc4bl And the reason WAS? - LOL Were they American-made RR engines then - LOL If you're saying the RR family of engines are no good, then you have to ask why a multi $BILLION Dollar agreement by the US government In buying RR engines for the whole fleet of long-range bombers it has converting the B29 into B29J aircraft eh. Do you think the American defence departments are WRONG - LOL. Your replies seem to get funnier each time you reply but don't stop, we love Ignorance in these reply columns.. LOL
It's a synthesized voice, it's not really a "narrator". The content is actually copied from a TV documentary and the original watermark is blurred to hide it.
Keep hoping, ‘Wing-mating’ (and so is Wing box design) is a very closely regarded Secret among aircraft manufacturers and very rarely, if ever, shared.
There is a visitor centre at the A380 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse. Fly into Blagnac and it's about 10 miles down the road. Sadly A380 production has stopped but they produce other aircraft and you may get to see how they do it. It is impressive to see.
@@jameskirk578 Toulouse is a long way from Houston. But I could drive to Mobile Alabama to the A320 and A220 assembly lines and hope they would let me take a peek. Thanks.
A-380, literally the Biggest mistake EU partnership did to build a massive plane when they should have researched on building a plane that was fuel efficient. Hello 787.
@@chrissmith2114 You are missing the point. I was talking about Airbus making a huge mistake by deciding to build the A-380 at the time when they should've been focusing on building a fuel efficient plane instead. At that time Boeing had started developing the 787. Airbus wasted their time and resources on building an already obsolete plane that eventually nobody wanted.
@@thuydoan7496 The A380 is the most fuel efficient because it carries a load of passengers, the A380 suffered during Covid because the carriers could not sell enough tickets to even fill smaller aircraft, but now that air travel is rising again the A380 are back in service - it is a superb plane.
This is very interesting even when I was a child I was interested always and everything like this mechanical that's what I've been mechanic but this is the thing so what so what did the Airbus other planes can fly you to where you want to go the problem is no jobs
Commercial failure, marketing at airbus just didn't see this coming. Production stopped in 2021? WAS the largest factory in the UK, now those folks out of work?
It's unbearable hearing the aircraft referred to as the a three hundred eighty. When you notice the text to voice doing that, just spell it out, pay a little attention to detail, take some pride in your work.
This is just ridiculous. And Earth is a rotating ball they say as well which is the most laughable lie they ever told once you look at the facts. Water always level itself and needs to be contained.
*_Former Boeing Everett.... we invented Jumbo Jets decades ago...._* This is an old video... NO MORE A-380's will ever be built.... end of production. I can still remember when Boeing and Airbus were presented with requests from different airlines on the future of very large aircraft. Boeing bet that the market would end in less than 2 decades... and it did. Boeing presented a supersized B-747 rather than a new plane. It had already committed to the B-777 and soon to be released B-787. Entire market was changing from Hub and Spoke to Point to Point Regional Airports. The market for large was going to end. Like Airbus, Boeing also quite making it's own Jumbo Jet. It is also phasing out 57's and 67's. B-737, B-777, and B-787 is where the demand is now. Their 797 is already being designed, but won't be released for 5-10 more years. *_Boeing appreciates what Airbus has contributed to Aviation..._*
@@sexigrande1792 After 8yrs of research and SEARCH for fuel in Commercial and military planes.. Makes me simple...😂 You...have much to learn little one.
@@flyonthewall7026 I’ll just go to work actually . And like the other tens of thousands of people who service them, we all know they use fuel. Guess we’re all oblivious? lol what are the odds of that? Not one drop of fuel ever eh? Stay in your lane, but being delusional makes it hard hmmm?
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Crap video! Footage ripped off from the UKs Channel 4 multi episode documentary about building the A380 (not A 3 hundred and 80). Get your own original footage.
A mate of mine worked for Qantas. I was told airbus were giving away these planes. Qantas couldn’t say no. Airbus had to sell 250 to brake even. No telling how long that took. Cabin crew have told be that things are always braking in the cabin and parts are expensive. Airbus was never a threat to the 747. Things inside the cabin at least to me appear cheap and flimsy.
Airbus A380 is the best of the ever made on earth just incredible
I wish they would change their minds and start building them again. It’s the best aircraft in the sky.
costs too much
A three hundred eighty? Is a robot reading this?
It’s just absolutely incredible engineering!!
Nice 👍
❤️A380❤️
Thanks for sharing
Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland
Absolutely phenomenal!!.
A truly amazing documentary and fascinating to watch what so few of us know about aircraft construction!
I have to confess, I never like the talk of "cutting costs". I've been in jobs where it ends up less efficient.
Wow just amazing. I have flown on the a380 and what can I say. Amazing amazing. All those people who made this plane are awsum
Airbus is awesome!
It looks like they are winging it!
Alu-min-ium for goodness sake!!! 🙂
Exactly!
Aluminum, nope I prefer Aluminium, it’s just the way the yanks say it, which to many, is highly annoying!
I would like 1 of these!
You know the narrator knows squat about the aircraft when he calls it the "A Three Hundred and Eighty."
Maybe just American pronunciation?
@@QatarVegan No, we don't sound out the entire model. It would just be "A 3 80"
Exactly, nd he won't quit saying it
AI voice
Amazing on how much detail goes in on every section!
Great video
Sadly, the A380 is no longer in production after less than 2 decades of production, unlike the 747 which in production for half a century.
More of a timing thing really, nobody wants these super heavy jets anymore. The 747 has stopped production too.
@@wyoung8331 A390 are being brought back into service after Covid,, and in great demand, because passenger love them...
@@chrissmith2114 This passenger loves any Plane that doesn't fall out of the Sky
A lot of 747 were cargo planes.
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Very nice ❤video
I travelled in A380 Emirates and Lufthansa in business class. No doubt best experience silent takeoff and cruse and landing. Unfortunately now airbus has stopped A380 and many airlines have scrapped A 380 in a vast open air yard on Arizona. So now ehat😊😊😊
And they say we never went to the moon 😅 LOOK at what man can build ,the sky is not a huge TV screen 😅
Too good video, very informative need more like this 👍
I did enjoy it. 😊
Production of the A380 was discontinued in Feb. 2019. Don't know why this video was released just 13 days ago.
And it says they're increasing production. Does the existing fleet need so many as spares?
Because it’s interesting and they make all the Airbus wings there. There’s no expiration on historical interest, even over 13 days ago - god forbid. Where do you people emerge from?
Dear Karen does it really matter
Go for a walk 🚶♂️ clear your mind.😮
It is not called the "A Three Hundred Eighty". It is the 'A Three Eighty'. Just read as written, A380.
It's A three hundred eighty. basic English.
I believe it’s computer generated voice over and it doesn’t know any better.
@@lunascomments3024 No one in aviation calls it the A Three Hundred Eighty. It’s called the A380 proper English or not.
They’re both equally logical. Best not to get too hung up on regional pronunciations; the US tend to say seven forty seven, Brits tend to say seven four seven. Which is correct?
Super very very good thank you
A very Interesting Video, as I was once connected by working the night shift producing the wing fittings for wing landing gear. My day mate and I made the first few sets of gear ribs and spars used in NDT and destructive testing plus used in the first A380 test-flying aeroplane. We used to make the same components for the then Airbus fleet of Aircraft until 2003 when sadly our company closed after trading for over 60 years. But It left me still very proud to be connected to A380 number one.
A shame the parts cracked in service!
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz Oh deary me, REALLY, shame no change to the design on parts WE ONCE MADE eh.. best you google the time period of the alleged failure eh..lol
@@ianburit3705 Are you sure you were not the cleaner and swept up the swarf? As you talk so childish!!
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz Are you even sure you know what an aeroplane is? as you sure talk like a Boeing employee. LOL.. Losers talk just like you in desperation, so, please make us laugh, and talk some more.. I have time, lots of time to read losers comments, as the rest of RUclips does.. I wonder If you even choose one person at random to make people laugh at you, as it sure looks like that from my office here. If you work at Broughton, then just maybe your Anti English, If you're a Boeing worker, then yes, your products continue to amuse the world with their takeaway plastic non-swarf-making bodies banned by the US governance.. If you're not, you just sound like the losing side - LOL. Do you know what a 5-axis machining centre is? But then, I very much doubt it.. Bye chappie.. have fun now, ask someone for a ball you can chase "JOHN SMITH"
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz OH DEARY ME, why should I be wasting my time replying to a nutter? well, I have time LOTS OF TIME even for nutters, here "JOHN SMITH" There's a British beer named after you, it's vile also. OK, IF you care to google a name of a long ceased subcontractor to aerospace plus other high-end parts it might explain me and my once fellow workers there. We worked 24 hours a day 7 days a week constantly. Only closing for 2 days for Christmas. The A380 newly installed twin pallet 5-axis machine was run in European working style by Friday to Sunday day and night shifts and Monday to Thursday days and nights just to meet demand then. My fellow workers on smaller parts like the entire civil Airbus fleet A319/ 320/ 321/ 340 up till 2003 plus many other UK and European aircraft Companies such as ROLLS ROYCE AERO, but it all fell foul of RR and AIRBUSSES demand for a %10 price reduction on each part made year on year. "The General Engineering (ILFORD) LTD Roebuck Road, Hainault, ILFORD, Essex for the nosey people, Oh, My old dad worked there before he got me a job there as a 15-year-old. I am 75 years old now, and so fully trained I could and did run any machine In the shop when asked!! I actually produced more Airbus parts per shift twice more than any other operator before me, the reason? They were just machines, I don't care what the machine made I looked at the machine, sussed It out, made it run quicker/ easy when you know how, and to all the muppits before me, I BEAT YOU ALL FACT!!
I enjoy that . The fuel story is incredible . Smart thinking .
Amazing, As it is unbelievable that how Human Creation on this Plannet a Very Highly Technology being used in Aviation Journey ever....
Almost it is Above of our thoughts....
A380 is still in production phase?
Beautiful engineering
What an amazing piece of engineering!! my jaw is on the ground, especially the fuel system
Never flew on one. Dont look like I ever will. Lost the joy of travel. Thanks TSA!
Amazing. my mum was born in wales
I've been in the Broughton factory. It was the size of the anodising baths that blew my mind 😮
Ditto!
I work at a factory that andodise and paint the spars and ribs, would love to go down to Broughton and see them building the wings
Never knew such high technological mastery was humanly possible! You know? PWG
Great video!
It's just the A380 not the A 300 hundred and 80..
COOL🤗
The A380 is FINISH OVER
I am getting anxiety just by watching this video and imagining the level of precision and care the team must take to ensure quality
Boeing should take a hint.
Excellent clip
A shame that this video is historic! The last set of A380 wings were manufactured and transported to France for final assembly in to the completed aircraft in early 2020.
When was this video made? I was of the belief that production had stopped.
STILL WAITING TO SEE FUEL TANKS 😂
Hasn't this airplane been discontinued?
I just can't imagine an A-380 getting better fuel mileage than my neighbor's Prius.
That's "per passenger"
LOL
@@davidkolaga8489
I know. Still not seeing it.
BTW, Musk sez he's going to Mars on craft just a tenth the cost of an A380.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver
He probably will.
The most beautiful wing ever!
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Interesting indeed.
3:38 I thought he said "Rosa Parks", so I went back and put on subtitles and he said "rows of parts".
The vast distance all these parts travel must cost millions each year? How is that even cost effective?? No US made plane is subject to such a crazy policy
Nothey just burn and crash, boeing , boeing gone!
Why to save costs, Rolls Royce AERO even built a new factory next to a boing plant.. OK google the train crash leaving brand new Boeing bodies in the river rather than fish them out / Did you know one of Boeing's most successful aeroplanes the B 29 was it, is being powered by a new set of 8 Rolls Royce engines for the US entire fleet of long-range bombers, being called the B29J. just saying for a friend
@@ianburit3705 All Boeing Dreamliners powered with RR engines were GROUNDED.
@@John-nc4bl And the reason WAS? - LOL Were they American-made RR engines then - LOL If you're saying the RR family of engines are no good, then you have to ask why a multi $BILLION Dollar agreement by the US government In buying RR engines for the whole fleet of long-range bombers it has converting the B29 into B29J aircraft eh. Do you think the American defence departments are WRONG - LOL. Your replies seem to get funnier each time you reply but don't stop, we love Ignorance in these reply columns.. LOL
no mention of engines?
The wings ARE NOT made at Filton North!
OH DEARY ME< YOU STILL BARKING LIKE A DOG, yes we know there made a Broughton, is that Welsh wales?
@@ianburit3705 More B.S? They WERE, no longer! Know your facts before posting B.S! DUH!!!
Those wings are so large they make the plane look small.
Love the commentator saying “the A300 and 80 “omg 🙈🙈…… did he not go to school and do maths…….after 379 come 380
It's a synthesized voice, it's not really a "narrator". The content is actually copied from a TV documentary and the original watermark is blurred to hide it.
@@GustavoMenezes good spot that👍🏻 nothing better than a human voice that knows how to speak 🗣️ 😂😂😂 and pronouns
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I would love to see a detailed video of attaching the wings to the fuselage.
Keep hoping, ‘Wing-mating’ (and so is Wing box design) is a very closely regarded Secret among aircraft manufacturers and very rarely, if ever, shared.
@@user-kb8gh5jv9t I was afraid of that since I’ve never seen it anywhere. Thanks for the info. Great video, by the way.
There is a visitor centre at the A380 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse.
Fly into Blagnac and it's about 10 miles down the road.
Sadly A380 production has stopped but they produce other aircraft and you may get to see how they do it.
It is impressive to see.
@@jameskirk578 Toulouse is a long way from Houston. But I could drive to Mobile Alabama to the A320 and A220 assembly lines and hope they would let me take a peek.
Thanks.
60,000lbs for 1 wing ... without the flap/slats systems, or engines. goodness
Your narrator is irritating. It’s A380 not A three hundred and eighty.
A three eighty
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haha, sorry, noted
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Very nice video.
Verry interesting, i catch something whenever i view.
A-380, literally the Biggest mistake EU partnership did to build a massive plane when they should have researched on building a plane that was fuel efficient. Hello 787.
LOL, The airbus A350 outsells the 787.... because it is a better plane.
@@chrissmith2114 You are missing the point. I was talking about Airbus making a huge mistake by deciding to build the A-380 at the time when they should've been focusing on building a fuel efficient plane instead. At that time Boeing had started developing the 787. Airbus wasted their time and resources on building an already obsolete plane that eventually nobody wanted.
@@thuydoan7496 The A380 is the most fuel efficient because it carries a load of passengers, the A380 suffered during Covid because the carriers could not sell enough tickets to even fill smaller aircraft, but now that air travel is rising again the A380 are back in service - it is a superb plane.
Would you prefer to make the mistake of making the A380 or the 737 MAX?
@@KingHumphrey 'we asked passengers and they preferred the A380'
Confused! A380 production ended in 2021 - have I missed something!? 🤔
Just say A380 hearing A300 80 doing my head in 😂
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The robo-voice "three-hundred-eighty" is a killer for the video. Hire a real narrator for your next attempt.
It's all smoke and mirrors. Obviously nothing that large and heavy can fly.
Didn't they stop making this plane?
yes
This is very interesting even when I was a child I was interested always and everything like this mechanical that's what I've been mechanic but this is the thing so what so what did the Airbus other planes can fly you to where you want to go the problem is no jobs
I suppose people are interested dude and you’re not interested, you can skip off somewhere else to Boeing content
Er, increasing production by working your people harder is a recipe for disaster. When will we learn?
I hear nothing wrong about the 300 part of 380, what the big deal? I read 300 + 4*20.
Cet appareil est européen. Pourquoi le commentaire est-il dit en anglais?
Which European language would you suggest..? French, by any chance?
@@paulgreen9618 You need to thank Germany for introducing you pommies to the English language-!
@@John-nc4bl Wow....bitter at all..?
Commercial failure, marketing at airbus just didn't see this coming. Production stopped in 2021?
WAS the largest factory in the UK, now those folks out of work?
They still make the wings for the A320, A330 and A350.
Mass redundancies at Airbus again! Just like the A400M white elephant!
@@KingHumphrey No GKN are subbies
It's unbearable hearing the aircraft referred to as the a three hundred eighty. When you notice the text to voice doing that, just spell it out, pay a little attention to detail, take some pride in your work.
Are you talking about ten billion pounds of money or wait
it’s very sad how they stopped the production of A380
Hate how you said a380 tbh lol
380 not 3 hundred 80
45min to fuel 240TONS
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
PROVE IT
This is just ridiculous. And Earth is a rotating ball they say as well which is the most laughable lie they ever told once you look at the facts. Water always level itself and needs to be contained.
Deal with Mitrade
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You explaination of lift is completely wrong!
*_Former Boeing Everett.... we invented Jumbo Jets decades ago...._*
This is an old video... NO MORE A-380's will ever be built.... end of production. I can still remember when Boeing and Airbus were presented with requests from different airlines on the future of very large aircraft.
Boeing bet that the market would end in less than 2 decades... and it did. Boeing presented a supersized B-747 rather than a new plane. It had already committed to the B-777 and soon to be released B-787. Entire market was changing from Hub and Spoke to Point to Point Regional Airports. The market for large was going to end.
Like Airbus, Boeing also quite making it's own Jumbo Jet. It is also phasing out 57's and 67's. B-737, B-777, and B-787 is where the demand is now. Their 797 is already being designed, but won't be released for 5-10 more years.
*_Boeing appreciates what Airbus has contributed to Aviation..._*
Lots of misinformation!
500 tons 😅
Still going after Brexit?
Where does the 260TONS of fuel go 😂
PLANES DO NOT USE FUEL.
“Planes don’t use fuel” lmao simpleton
@@sexigrande1792
After 8yrs of research and SEARCH for fuel in Commercial and military planes..
Makes me simple...😂
You...have much to learn little one.
@@flyonthewall7026 I’ll just go to work actually . And like the other tens of thousands of people who service them, we all know they use fuel. Guess we’re all oblivious? lol what are the odds of that? Not one drop of fuel ever eh? Stay in your lane, but being delusional makes it hard hmmm?
@@sexigrande1792 I am sick of your lies! There is not going one drop of liquid in these wings but most likely Helium Gas.
The background music is so annoying.
The designers goofed up on the initial wing twist and had to retwist it again which cots a lot of time and money. Then there is the cracking problem.
LOL design flaws corrected still in the design stage unlike Boeings complete aircraft GROUNDED
A380 not a300 80
a lyer from us: hahahah
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A three eighty not a three hundred eighty. Everytime you say it all i hear is "rookie with no knowledge of airplanes "
AI voice?
10:33 What happens when the tanks run low on fuel and there is not enough product to pump into the wings to mitigate bending ?? 🤔
The wings dont use fuel in the first place. Its smoke and mirrors.
The same manufacturing methods were used one century ago.
🙂🧏🧏🙂
Crap video! Footage ripped off from the UKs Channel 4 multi episode documentary about building the A380 (not A 3 hundred and 80). Get your own original footage.
And what’s next, now that the ugly A380 has turned out to be a gigantic flop?
A mate of mine worked for Qantas. I was told airbus were giving away these planes. Qantas couldn’t say no. Airbus had to sell 250 to brake even. No telling how long that took. Cabin crew have told be that things are always braking in the cabin and parts are expensive. Airbus was never a threat to the 747. Things inside the cabin at least to me appear cheap and flimsy.
Nobody even wanted too buy the A380 way too big and a fuel hog.
Most efficient fuel burn per passenger - that is how airlines classify 'efficiency'.
So no-one bought the 250 aircraft that are in current use ? and the 380 is 15% more efficient than its closest Boeing rival.