Qantas A380 VH-OQA arrives at LAX

[TwoheadsIncorporated]

wow, fast approach.

[MrBryan86]

@prohelipilot1 the first few years of service is always not as good. And mostly only huge airlines buy it

[accanossa]

enfianoteucú estevideo.

[MegaBadOFFICAL]

that was the aeroplane with the engine explosion

[magellanmax]

Probably choke full of racist pigs.

[IIproductionsII]

@magellanmax why?

[magellanmax]

@IIproductionsII They (Qantas) ran a promo and offered rugby tickets to two morons painted in 'blackface'.

[FeedCrayfish]

woww u have an a 380 u are reach!!

[Albanwinter]

Please tell me that when I finally get to go to Australia that Qantas only flies these from L.A. to Sydney! I would find any other way to go rather than this thing. I love how it looks mind you but I'm not flying in it!

[matthiashaenni]

Very cool... those A380 are really impressive & huge!!!

[1981OSNY]

Ugly, ungraceful - ... check that.

It's dog-butt ugly.

[Paris69]

It's increeeeeedibly giant!!! O_O

[UFOSPACE1999]

WOW..some truly bad editing..DID Stevie Wonder Edit this shit?

[Starboard76]

@UFOSPACE1999 ...probably while you AND your mom was blowing him...

[ERAUPRCWA]

@Starboard76 burn:-)

[ERAUPRCWA]

@Starboard76 LMFAO!!!! you're awesome for saying that:-)

[Starboard76]

@ERAUPRCWA ..I take it you mean to UFOSpaceidiot or whatever his name is.. well he should have put a little more thought into his msg before flying off at the mouth. YouTube should ban 11 year-olds from making comments, the odds for extraordinary silly comments would drop exponentially.

[ERAUPRCWA]

@Starboard76 it's an awesome vid... actually all your vids are cool

[Starboard76]

@ERAUPRCWA thanks a lot!

[MrRey84972]

Wow what a fucking beast it's fucking ugly in my opinion.

[ameredon1]

I still prefer 747 than airbus 380 ...747 are more safe...

[akierrs2]

@ameredon1 lol

[djdecca]

too bad that all the A380's of qantas are grounded now :(

[TheSims278]

i have flown first class

[The88Mason]

The 747-400 is a much more graceful and elegant plane than the A380 will ever be

[mackyyoyoyo]

tht thing reminds me of my cock

[naslam]

Seriously. How do you get so close? You must work for the airport?

[tagman1041995]

I love airbus a380's!!!!! amazing aircrafts. i have no idea how those things get off of the ground.

[H4RR15K1D]

How much does one of these cost!!?

[HolyAngemon007]

@H4RR15K1D around $300 million per piece

[3804471]

Enormous force,you observed at that it is splendid.Thank you.

[leroy30590]

i'm flying on it on june 2nd from LAX. I'm so excited!!!

[AdamFlightSim]

AWESOME!!!!!!!

[jay128k9]

its sounds kinda noisy especially compared to the boeing 787

[FlyTheA380]

reverse thrust

[JIT2COOL]

quantas is great ....but emirates looks cooler

[seaboo143]

@JIT2COOL its "QANTAS" dude.. not "QUANTAS"

[benvanderpoel]

The Europeans know how to make amazing aircraft. Well Done!

[prohelipilot1]

@benvanderpoel Then why is sales so low for tthe A380 and why is so inefficient. It is not doing to good and no airline has ordered one now since early 2010, And even without the ROlls Royce grenades the plane is plagued with problems

[hmasurg]

Not many people would have the chance to take footage and be this close from a landing A380. Congratulations!

And thanx for sharing this with us.!

[cavenaggi28]

I will travel next week business LA-Sydney and I will be back in two week same plane, I'm anxious to be into this monster!

[ads998]

Flew home from LA to Sydney on a Qantas A380 in October last year and hated it! Seats are awful, the cabin feels completely over-pressurised (and sickening) and it has an awful way of handling turbulence (kind of bounces rather than jolts like a 747). I much preferred the old Qantas 747 I flew in to San Francisco on. Long live the 747 because I hate the A380!

[mike1998ish]

i went on this in december. Sat on top floor, its amazingly quiet.

[GERMANLOVER7000]

i really can wait to get on board in that biggest plane that airbus built....look forward to fly with that magnificient plane...the airbus a 380 of qantasxxxx

[japanesesen]

AWESOME FOOTAGE!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

[bolar500]

Great video. Superbly shot. Ugly plane though. Long live the 747

[96foxracer]

do u know if u would take that plane from san fransisco to sydney or the 747 cuz the a380 looks pretty big and big enough to go all that way i need to find out

[TSBA92]

Both the A380 and 747 can easily make the Sydny-San Francisco route, thier range is very simular, the A380 obviously just has increased capacity

[ryanair737400]

WOW!! A bit fast and bumpy but thats not a problem you probaly would have berly felt it in the cabin

[IngazZagni]

Really? Fast?  Bumpy? I don't think so, looked pretty good to me.

[ImperatorDerGalaxis]

What a beast!

[whatstheprob1932]

pefecct but to fast

[power0016]

QANTAS: THE BEST AIRLINES !!

[onecunningfox]

and last (as they always do, like AirBUST did to American and Air France) blame the pilots. AirBUST stinks all around and their planes are cheap. I have flown for 17 years and that is my humble opinion.

[bravo1zulu]

Cool how they only use the thrust reversers on engines 2 and 3.

[wiiwheel64]

because the engines in an A380 are extremely powerful and the aircraft would stop too early if it had all engines with thrust reversers

[bravo1zulu]

I actually think it has more to do with the large wingspan of the A380 and the fact that 1 and 4 are at/near the edge of the runway. Too much risk for FOD damage when brakes combined with reverse thrust on engines 2 and 3 will do the job. But that's just my 2 cents imput.

[wiiwheel64]

yeah, you're probably right, but im not sure about the risk for FOD

[bravo1zulu]

Here's what I was able to find:

There is one point it is correct about though, it does only have reverse on the inboard engine's, The A380 has such an efficient wing that the Vref speed's are far lower than the B747 allowing for tremendous landing performance. Airbus saw a cost saving and decided not to include reverse on any of the engines to realise some substantial weight and maintenance savings, however the FAA stepped in and wanted it, hence a compromise was reached.

[wiiwheel64]

that's right, the A380 does have a efficient wing, in that way A380's are quite easier to land than 747s

[onecunningfox]

Such a great plane it sells like hotcakes! Yeah! Wack on two GE90-115b's and it would still fly AND save money. As for the wings, they may be good, but they are proving to be weak. See landing at Osk Kosh and then the AirBUST marketing pr machine go to work to try and cover it up and last (as they always do, like AirBUST did to American and Air France) blame the pilots. AirBUST stinks all around and their planes are cheap. I have flown for 17 years and that is my humble opinion.

[faosfx]

you are correct, wiiwheel64 is wrong.

[emilyrichgal2]

i heard they ordered 20 more of these.

[flyboymd82]

I've never seen a plane that looked like it had downs syndrome, until now.

[marieeynn]

too bad! might be bigger and all, but boeing 747-8 is still better looking!

[Mav1843]

Agreed 100%! Nothing can beat the shear beauty of the 747!

[kidcaptian]

Its so fucking huge

[Lorenzoab1]

Once again VERY nice footage!!!

[Guyadeen1]

long live boeing 747-800

[Juliansworld]

look at the size of this monstrosity. Why don't someone build a triple decker airplane next?

[Engelton182]

your insane your too close

[rwjazzz]

It looks like a giant Teradactal

[1981OSNY]

great vid.. thx. There's something about the A380 that is pretty goofy looking though ... looks like an old Flying Guppy that had too many FatBurgers.

[arnoldy09]

i love the engine sound i enjoy everything about aircraft wow this plane looks really heavy look at a the speed when it lands simply awsome great vid starboard76 .

[sphmusak]

Don't you know every airliner geek like me was there taking pictures!!

[MarioBros9898]

i love the engine sound

[MexicanDusk]

Thats a flying sperm-whale he he...

[wazpoppin9]

lol i agree with you! long live boeing!!!

[Kscorps2]

How do you get so close? Is it your job?

[Starboard76]

I was a guest

[Starboard76]

Glad you all enjoyed it..and thank you all for watching!

[musenfreund]

Great video !

[ozute]

Thank you for posting.

[A380busboy]

Mate, thanks for the video. It's great footage of the arrival in LAX. I have added it to my file of mementos;)

[orlestone]

Fantastic close up video, Starboard76. Awesome