Wilco Publishing A380

The Airbus A380, nicknamed 'Superjumbo', is a double-deck wide-body jet airliner. Its the world's largest passenger jet (with the Antonov An-225 being the larges civil aircraft since it carries cargo and no passengers). The Airbus A380 development program was officially launched in June 1994 and the first flight took place from Toulouse, France on April 27, 2005 and led to a flight test program involving five Airbus A380s. The first A380 entered commercial service with Singapore Airlines on 25 October 2007 with a inaugural flight between Singapore and Sydney.

The A380 seats 555 passengers on two decks in a three class arrangement or up to 853 people in all economy class configurations. A380 has 49% more floor area and produces 50% less cabin noise than its direct competition, the Boeing 747-400. Initial production of the A380 was troubled by a few delays that made many airlines reconsider their A380 orders. The A380-800F freighter orders were cancelled and Airbus negotiated a revised delivery schedule and compensation with 13 customers of the passenger version.

This is by far the most complete A380 package for FS2004 and FSX. Liveries, panel, virtual cockpit, virtual cabin and sound! But that doesn't make it the best A380 out there. Although only the two inboard engines are equipped with thrust reversers, which is a correct detail, the main landing gear is placed at wrong angle. Furthermore, the fuel/payload model is off, the liveries are not that good and the main landing gear seems to float for a bit over the runway upon landing and finally sinks to the ground when rolling out.

However, the aircraft flies well and the panel is equipped with Flight Management Computer (FMC) and TCAS (Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System).





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