A380 Over The Harbour Tonight

[Grahame Hutchison]

Yep to the time difference and other factors, but I had trouble finding a B747 any closer than that. Maybe another day.

[Mike W]

Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison

Yep to the time difference and other factors, but I had trouble finding a B747 any closer than that. Maybe another day.

Cheers Mate.

[NickN]

Would there be much of an altitude difference at those points between the
B747 and the A380? I know it's an assumption but wouldn't the A380 be at a slightly lower altitude?

[Nigel C]

Originally Posted by NickN

I know it's an assumption but wouldn't the A380 be at a slightly lower altitude?

Why?

[NickN]

It's a huge aircraft, and thought it could possibly be a hundred or so feet lower than a 747 at that stage. As I said, just an assumption.

[Nigel C]

Perhaps, but the A380 has huge wings that generate a lot of lift, plus it's engines would probably give it a competitive power to weight ratio to the B747.

Being a new generation aircraft and keeping in line with the environmentally friendly tag that Airbus have given it, one might suspect that it would actually be 100' or more higher than the older generation B747 at the same level if both were to operate at MTOW.

[NickN]

Very true Nigel.

[Carl F]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

Perhaps, but the A380 has huge wings that generate a lot of lift, plus it's engines would probably give it a competitive power to weight ratio to the B747.

Being a new generation aircraft and keeping in line with the environmentally friendly tag that Airbus have given it, one might suspect that it would actually be 100' or more higher than the older generation B747 at the same level if both were to operate at MTOW.

Hi Nigel,
I was also reading in an edition of Australian Aviation that during testing takeoff the A380 can get away with using approx 80% throttle (may want to correct me here) as the engines are that powerfull. Good lift from the wings and less throttle would produce less noise I would think.

Cheers
Carl

[Carl F]

Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison

Carl, I am currently using the Nikon D300 which I think is a beautiful camera to use (previously had a D100 then D200). The lens for the night shots was the Nikkor AF-S DX 17-55mm f2.8G IF ED (tripod mounted and shutter release using the timer), and most of my aviation photography is done using the AF-S 70-200mm f2.8G IF ED VR (sometimes with the 1.4 Teleconverter and occasionally the 2.0).

Nick, The noise readings came from the new WebTrak, have a look at http://syd.webtrak-lochard.com/template/index.html

Hi Grahame,
Lucky you, I am hoping to upgrade my D70 to a D90 with the 18-105VR shortly. Unfortunately I can not afford the 70-200 f2.8 lens.

Cheers
Carl