EK A380 at LHR

mjabbasi · 07-15-2008, 02:02 PM

Here is what is appearing at the entrance to London's Heathrow airport. This place was previously occupied by a large BA Concorde model. Now EK has taken over. Personally I'm against this as LHR being a British airport should have let the Concorde stay where it was and the Concorde is as iconic if not more so than the A380, but I guess money did all the talking here:

EGPFGLA · 07-15-2008, 02:12 PM

WHAT? thats crap, who cares about the A380, they will be so common in a few years to come no one will look twice at them, when will u ever see a concorde again!

Well gutted!

B-16707 · 07-15-2008, 02:17 PM

mm those fuselage joins arent too precise, but i assume theyll finish it better.

yea i agree the concorde should have been left there. but as you said said, money rules the world. go throw a rock at it moin =P

AmericanEagle667 · 07-15-2008, 02:22 PM

I miss the Concorde

Bill-ay · 07-15-2008, 02:25 PM

What a big piece of garbage this is. All it is is a computer with wings. They couldve just gotten a mac or sometin like that and glued some angel wings on it and stuck an EK sticker on it and called it an A380 for alot less.

win_arc · 07-15-2008, 02:38 PM

The Concord now move to near the Terminal 5, on the way go to CAM from Hatton Cross Station.

1:200Freak · 07-15-2008, 03:15 PM

Okay they are building it.. I almost thought that EK A380 was without the vertical stabilizer!

mjabbasi · 07-15-2008, 03:21 PM

For all you know, this model might even have flashing lights and retracting landing gears. A real eye catcher and marketing gimmick on the part of EK, but the fact is that EK is not a British airline. A prize display place like this should be home to the pride of British aviation and airlines and the Concorde was perfect for that. This new erection will look so out of place. They even put up one of these in Pakistan in my city a few years ago and it was so ugly it was actually declared an eyesore and someone had it removed.

@Winarc: Thats the real Concorde you're talking about. The one they had at the entrance of the airport was a model.

rapleylikeba · 07-15-2008, 04:03 PM

I saw it to on Sunday! By then they had fitted engines 1 and 4 aswell as the tail.

Horizon CRJ700 · 07-15-2008, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1:200Freak

Okay they are building it.. I almost thought that EK A380 was without the vertical stabilizer!

And winglets, worse than those gigantic 787s in the oversized forum. Look closely at the first image... see any trace of the winglets that are the airbus signature?

What a monstrosity, it needs to be removed immeadiately, anything british would be better at LHR, unless LHR suddenly becomes an EK hub.

mjabbasi · 07-15-2008, 05:35 PM

Well with 5 daily flights into LHR you could say that LHR is a mini EK hub.

I think I'll go there agian tomorrow, this time on foot and take a few more pics, but this time overhead from the bridge.

lufthansa340 · 07-15-2008, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill-ay

What a big piece of garbage this is. All it is is a computer with wings. They couldve just gotten a mac or sometin like that and glued some angel wings on it and stuck an EK sticker on it and called it an A380 for alot less.

So much anger Billy... tsk tsk

mjabbasi · 07-15-2008, 07:48 PM

He's got good aesthetic sense.

Roarer · 07-15-2008, 08:30 PM

You do realise that they probably could have fitted a real BN Islander, in BA livery into that space! Symbolic with the UK being an Island after all.

Jboulin94 · 07-15-2008, 10:13 PM

Mmmmm, Its cool looking, but I don't think it should be there. Sorry if I offend anyone, but IMHO, Britain is become waaaaaaay too Muslim, and not British. When I was there in 07, it looked like Pakistan. I think they should have left the concorde there or make the A380 a BA one at least. These Arabs are taking over!!! haha, jk.
(sorry if I offended anyone! I really have nothing against arabs or muslims, in fact, i have a lot of muslim friends. My grandmother also lived in Saudi Arabia for 8 years.)

Roarer · 07-15-2008, 10:48 PM

We look like Pakistan??

Well, you learn something every day!

I've never been to Pakistan, but where in Britain did you visit??

Bill-ay · 07-15-2008, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roarer

We look like Pakistan??

Well, you learn something every day!

I've never been to Pakistan, but where in Britain did you visit??

Oh Doug! You act the exact same way my coworker acts, and his name is Doug! You learn something every day...

Roarer · 07-15-2008, 11:16 PM

We Dougs' are just curious creatures, that's all.

Actually, I was asking Jboulin where they had been in Britain, as, other than places like London, Luton, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford (Bradistan), I have my doubts about the statement over all.

I'm curious now you see.

Doug - back from being up north, including the Shetlands where a lot of the new houses actually look more Scandinavian than anything else, but this is hardly surprising really if you know some of the history of the Northern Isles.
At a latitude the same as southern Greenland, in the Shetlands, you are closer to Norway than you are to even most of mainland Scotland. Glasgow, never mind London might as well be on another planet.

B773ER · 07-16-2008, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill-ay

What a big piece of garbage this is. All it is is a computer with wings. They couldve just gotten a mac or sometin like that and glued some angel wings on it and stuck an EK sticker on it and called it an A380 for alot less.

I must and will agree with Bill-ay wholeheartedly on this one. I have a strong dislike for the A380, and knowing it has replaced a model of a Concorde kinda ticks me off. Maybe someone will set fire to this thing.

Yogurtlite · 07-16-2008, 01:44 AM

Imagine if the french do the same to its Concorde at Charles de Gaulle and replace it for the A380. Concorde can't be compared with any kind commercial aircraft from the past, present or future.

In this photo the only thing that cames into my mind in that british are forgetting the great icon that make them famous in the world, the concorde. At least they should be replaced it by placing an A380 with BA scheme colors.

win_arc · 07-16-2008, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjabbasi

For all you know, this model might even have flashing lights and retracting landing gears. A real eye catcher and marketing gimmick on the part of EK, but the fact is that EK is not a British airline. A prize display place like this should be home to the pride of British aviation and airlines and the Concorde was perfect for that. This new erection will look so out of place. They even put up one of these in Pakistan in my city a few years ago and it was so ugly it was actually declared an eyesore and someone had it removed.

@Winarc: Thats the real Concorde you're talking about. The one they had at the entrance of the airport was a model.

Yes Moin, it's the real Concorde in British Airway livery. If u want, u can go to see it. The day i passed CAM shop, it's rain, so I cannot go out to take the pics of its.

mjabbasi · 07-16-2008, 07:56 AM

Yes I've seen that Concorde several times, its just a short walk away from Hatton Cross tube station. I'm referring to the model that was placed at the roundabout in front of the tunnel entrnace to LHR. Thats dissapeared. I'm going there again today to take some better pics of this A380.

win_arc · 07-16-2008, 08:52 AM

Oh, sorry Moin because i not understand ur means.
Very surprised because the English is known as conservation people. But now, the money takes all...

brick driver · 07-16-2008, 11:41 AM

The model of concorde that was there has been moved to Brooklands to go on display next to Concorde G-BBDG.

07-15-2008, 02:02 PM	#1
mjabbasi Complete Wacko! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 3,277	EK A380 at LHR Here is what is appearing at the entrance to London's Heathrow airport. This place was previously occupied by a large BA Concorde model. Now EK has taken over. Personally I'm against this as LHR being a British airport should have let the Concorde stay where it was and the Concorde is as iconic if not more so than the A380, but I guess money did all the talking here: __________________ Moin Abbasi

07-15-2008, 02:12 PM	#2
EGPFGLA BAA Glasgow Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Age: 20 Posts: 387	Re: EK A380 at LHR WHAT? thats crap, who cares about the A380, they will be so common in a few years to come no one will look twice at them, when will u ever see a concorde again! Well gutted! __________________ What do u mean loganair are not going to be in BA colors anymore, flybe? what? Ah u mean flymaybe? Favourite Aircraft A319 BRING BACK STARJETS 1:200 PRODUCTION!

07-15-2008, 02:17 PM	#3
B-16707 i need more space Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,297	Re: EK A380 at LHR mm those fuselage joins arent too precise, but i assume theyll finish it better. yea i agree the concorde should have been left there. but as you said said, money rules the world. go throw a rock at it moin =P __________________ The Completed Customs The Airport want 1:200 B773ER details decals? for info check this out http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...tml#post601882

07-15-2008, 02:22 PM	#4
AmericanEagle667 A.K.A SouthwestAirlines Join Date: Jul 2008 Age: 15 Posts: 14	Re: EK A380 at LHR I miss the Concorde __________________ Brookefield International Central New York International Lambert St.Louis International Check out my airports on Wings900! http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...00&ppuser=3888

07-15-2008, 02:25 PM	#5
Bill-ay Bill-ay the A320 FO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dallas Age: 14 Posts: 2,544	Re: EK A380 at LHR What a big piece of garbage this is. All it is is a computer with wings. They couldve just gotten a mac or sometin like that and glued some angel wings on it and stuck an EK sticker on it and called it an A380 for alot less. __________________ I all widebodied airbuses, except the bulbus A380 View my collection(if you really care, its only HE OG models). http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...tion-4996.html LONG LIVE THE DC-10/A300/A310/MD-80!!!

07-15-2008, 02:38 PM	#6
win_arc Flying without wings! Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 26 Posts: 397	Re: EK A380 at LHR The Concord now move to near the Terminal 5, on the way go to CAM from Hatton Cross Station.

07-15-2008, 03:15 PM	#7
1:200Freak Complete Wacko! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,775	Re: EK A380 at LHR Okay they are building it.. I almost thought that EK A380 was without the vertical stabilizer!

07-15-2008, 03:21 PM	#8
mjabbasi Complete Wacko! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 3,277	Re: EK A380 at LHR For all you know, this model might even have flashing lights and retracting landing gears. A real eye catcher and marketing gimmick on the part of EK, but the fact is that EK is not a British airline. A prize display place like this should be home to the pride of British aviation and airlines and the Concorde was perfect for that. This new erection will look so out of place. They even put up one of these in Pakistan in my city a few years ago and it was so ugly it was actually declared an eyesore and someone had it removed. @Winarc: Thats the real Concorde you're talking about. The one they had at the entrance of the airport was a model. __________________ Moin Abbasi Last edited by mjabbasi; 07-15-2008 at 03:26 PM.

07-15-2008, 04:03 PM	#9
rapleylikeba British Airways! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, Isleworth (Near to Heathrow-almost directly under Runway 27L's flight path). Age: 14 Posts: 165	Re: EK A380 at LHR I saw it to on Sunday! By then they had fitted engines 1 and 4 aswell as the tail. __________________ British Airways! My SIA video at LHR I am also rapleylikeba on Wings900

07-15-2008, 05:35 PM	#11
mjabbasi Complete Wacko! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 3,277	Re: EK A380 at LHR Well with 5 daily flights into LHR you could say that LHR is a mini EK hub. I think I'll go there agian tomorrow, this time on foot and take a few more pics, but this time overhead from the bridge. __________________ Moin Abbasi

07-15-2008, 07:48 PM	#13
mjabbasi Complete Wacko! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 3,277	Re: EK A380 at LHR He's got good aesthetic sense. __________________ Moin Abbasi

07-15-2008, 08:30 PM	#14
Roarer CEO of Haggis Airways. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Flying between PPW and WRY. Age: 4 Posts: 1,192	Re: EK A380 at LHR You do realise that they probably could have fitted a real BN Islander, in BA livery into that space! Symbolic with the UK being an Island after all. __________________ 'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that. Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street. But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.' Last edited by Roarer; 07-15-2008 at 08:39 PM.

07-15-2008, 10:13 PM	#15
Jboulin94 Wants an Aeroflot model! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,423	Re: EK A380 at LHR Mmmmm, Its cool looking, but I don't think it should be there. Sorry if I offend anyone, but IMHO, Britain is become waaaaaaay too Muslim, and not British. When I was there in 07, it looked like Pakistan. I think they should have left the concorde there or make the A380 a BA one at least. These Arabs are taking over!!! haha, jk. (sorry if I offended anyone! I really have nothing against arabs or muslims, in fact, i have a lot of muslim friends. My grandmother also lived in Saudi Arabia for 8 years.) __________________

07-15-2008, 10:48 PM	#16
Roarer CEO of Haggis Airways. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Flying between PPW and WRY. Age: 4 Posts: 1,192	Re: EK A380 at LHR We look like Pakistan?? Well, you learn something every day! I've never been to Pakistan, but where in Britain did you visit?? __________________ 'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that. Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street. But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.' Last edited by Roarer; 07-15-2008 at 10:51 PM.

07-15-2008, 11:16 PM	#18
Roarer CEO of Haggis Airways. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Flying between PPW and WRY. Age: 4 Posts: 1,192	Re: EK A380 at LHR We Dougs' are just curious creatures, that's all. Actually, I was asking Jboulin where they had been in Britain, as, other than places like London, Luton, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford (Bradistan), I have my doubts about the statement over all. I'm curious now you see. Doug - back from being up north, including the Shetlands where a lot of the new houses actually look more Scandinavian than anything else, but this is hardly surprising really if you know some of the history of the Northern Isles. At a latitude the same as southern Greenland, in the Shetlands, you are closer to Norway than you are to even most of mainland Scotland. Glasgow, never mind London might as well be on another planet. __________________ 'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that. Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street. But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.' Last edited by Roarer; 07-15-2008 at 11:52 PM.

07-16-2008, 01:44 AM	#20
Yogurtlite Junior Collector Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mexico city Posts: 38	Re: EK A380 at LHR Imagine if the french do the same to its Concorde at Charles de Gaulle and replace it for the A380. Concorde can't be compared with any kind commercial aircraft from the past, present or future. In this photo the only thing that cames into my mind in that british are forgetting the great icon that make them famous in the world, the concorde. At least they should be replaced it by placing an A380 with BA scheme colors. __________________ The world gets tiny when you are onboard a plane. http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...tion-7713.html

07-16-2008, 07:56 AM	#22
mjabbasi Complete Wacko! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 3,277	Re: EK A380 at LHR Yes I've seen that Concorde several times, its just a short walk away from Hatton Cross tube station. I'm referring to the model that was placed at the roundabout in front of the tunnel entrnace to LHR. Thats dissapeared. I'm going there again today to take some better pics of this A380. __________________ Moin Abbasi

07-16-2008, 08:52 AM	#23
win_arc Flying without wings! Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 26 Posts: 397	Re: EK A380 at LHR Oh, sorry Moin because i not understand ur means. Very surprised because the English is known as conservation people. But now, the money takes all... Last edited by win_arc; 07-16-2008 at 08:57 AM.

07-16-2008, 11:41 AM	#24
brick driver Took a break Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 184	Re: EK A380 at LHR The model of concorde that was there has been moved to Brooklands to go on display next to Concorde G-BBDG.

07-16-2008, 12:51 PM	#25
1:200Freak Complete Wacko! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,775	Re: EK A380 at LHR