[Leica] On the Road to Japan - Airbus 380's

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)]

Morning Luggers,
Esther and I have sadly left Miss Eloise and her parents in Hong Kong and 
have flown to Tokyo to visit our son Russell and his girl friend Kseniya.

At the Hong Kong airport the lounge had good window access to one of the 
landing runways and so there was an opportunity
to exercise the Fuji XT 1 and the 50 - 200 zoom taking pictures of landing 
planes. At the gate just outside the lounge a British Airway
Airbus 380 was parked. That plane is really big!

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Japan15/BA-Airbus380-HK.jpg.html>

I caught an A380 landing - this one an Emirates Airbus. Landing speed is 
250km/h (150mph), maximum landing weight is 394,000kg (869,000 pounds).
I am amazed the wheels can take the strain!!

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Japan15/EmAB380.jpg.html>

Emirates will be the major user of the airbus 380 with 140 aircraft ordered 
and 58 aircraft already delivered. Shows what oil money can buy.

Please look large. C&C always welcome.

Howard (in foggy Tokyo this morning)