Three Slices of the Long Haul

This week’s blog is actually three different observations on my recent flight from England to New York.

Airbus A380
Most people who travel by air a lot (especially men) are interested in some way in aircraft. I have loved aeroplanes since my childhood. I may not be able to remember much about my years at primary school (grade school) but I do remember the first time The Concord flew over our house. A few days later the kitchen ceiling in our flat fell down, my mum and dad attributed it to the amazing noise and vibration of the supersonic passenger plane.
Therefore Monday’s flight from London was quite exciting for me. To be exact the taxi from gate to runway at Heathrow was exciting. I was sat in a window seat on the port side of an American Airlines Boeing 777 as we taxied when the pilot drew our attention to the fact we were passing one of the two Singapore Airlines Airbus A380s.
My first impressions were:
‘How many wheels?’
‘How ugly?’
‘It really does look like a Beluga whale,’ and then,
‘It’s huge!!!!’
Unfortunately we took off before it did so I couldn’t see it in flight but I have to say it is a spectacular aircraft despite its sea mammal looks.