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Airbus A380-841 F-WWJB landed at Los Angeles International Airport at 11:45 AM PDT on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. It arrived from Minneapolis-St. Paul. It departed for Sydney, Australia on Friday morning at 8:00 with the call sign Airbus Seven Zero Five Super. QANTAS will begin scheduled A380 operations at Los Angeles in 2008.
Airbus A380-841 F-WWJB took off on a demonstration flight Thursday morning at 7:30 AM PDT with the call sign Airbus Seven Zero Four Super.
The A380 passed overhead about 75 minutes after take-off.
It returned to LAX shortly before 9:00 AM PDT.
More displays featuring photos of the Airbus A380 double-deck airliner.
More displays of Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0039, Travis Air Force Base, August 8, 1998
Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA/Atlantis, Edwards Air Force Base, July 7, 2007
NASA Boeing 747SP-21, N747NA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Boron, California, May 31, 2007
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 Ruslan RA82045, Victorville, California, March 14, 2006
China Airlines Boeing 747-409 B-18210 Dreamliner, Los Angeles International Airport, March 2, 2006
Antonov An-225 Mriya UR82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993
Evergreen International 747-273C Supertanker, N470EV, San Bernardino, California, May 31, 2006
United Boeing 777-222 N222UA, Los Angeles International Airport, November 29, 2007
Air Tahiti Nui Airbus A340-313E F-OLOV, Los Angeles International Airport, March 2, 2006
China Eastern Airlines Airbus A340-642 B-6052, Los Angeles International Airport, February 28, 2006
Airbus A380-841 F-WWJB, Los Angeles International Airport, November 29, 2007
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Airbus A380Wingspan: 261 feet 10 inchesLength: 239 feet 6 inchesWing Area: 9,100 square feetMaximum Weight: 1,235,000 poundsRange: 8,000 nautical milesPowerplant: 4 x 84,000 lb RR Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP-7200 |
Giant Jet Airplanes |
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| First Flight | Wing Span | Length | Wing Area | Gross Weight | Engines | |
| Airbus A380 | 2005 |
261ft,10in |
239ft,06in |
9,100 |
1,235,000 |
4 x 84,000 lb RR Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP-7200 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 2003 |
212ft,07in |
242ft,04in |
4,700 |
775,000 |
2 x 115,300 lb GE90-115B |
| Airbus A340-600 | 2001 |
208ft,02in |
247ft,01in |
4,729 |
811,300 |
4 x 56,000 lb RR Trent 556 |
| Boeing 777-200 | 1994 |
209ft,01in |
199ft,11in |
4,605 |
545,000 |
2 x 74,000 lb PW4074, GE90-75B, or RR Trent 875 |
| Airbus A330-300 | 1992 |
197ft,10in |
208ft,10in |
3,892 |
507,000 |
2 x 51,590 lb GE CF6-80E, PW4000, or RR Trent 700 |
| Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet | 1988 |
211ft,05in |
231ft,10in |
5,650 |
833,000 |
4 x 45,000 PW4062 or GE CF6-80C2B1F |
| Antonov An-225 Mryia | 1988 |
290ft,00in |
275ft,07in |
10,280 |
1,300,000 |
6 x 51,590 lb DT-18T |
| Antonov An-124 Ruslan | 1984 |
240ft,00in |
227ft,00in |
6,760 |
890,000 |
4 x 51,590 lb DT-18T |
| Tupolev 160 Blackjack | 1981 | 182ft, 09in | 177ft, 06in | 3,660 | 606,000 | 4 x 50,900 lb NK-321 |
| Lockheed C-5A Galaxy | 1968 |
222ft,08in |
247ft,10in |
6,200 |
769,000 |
4 x 50,000 lb GE TF-39 |
| Boeing 747-100 Jumbo Jet | 1968 |
195ft,08in |
231ft,04in |
5,500 |
850,000 |
4 x 50,000 lb P&W JT9D |
| Antonov An-22 Antheus | 1965 |
211ft,04in |
189ft,07in |
3,713 |
550,000 |
4 x 15,000 shp Kuznetsov NK-12MV |
| North American XB-70A Valkyrie | 1964 |
105ft,00in |
189ft,00in |
6,297 |
530,000 |
6 x 33,000,lb J-93 |
| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | 1952 |
185ft,00in |
157ft,07in |
4,000 |
450,000 |
8 x 8,000 lb J-57 |
| Convair YB-60 | 1952 |
206ft,05in |
175ft,02in |
5,239 |
410,000 |
8 x 8,000 lb J-57 |
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