And Eastern'll be back soon Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Accommodating the A380 > I don't think so. Local staff for both SQ and VS, with whom I've > chatted, insist they will be flying the A380 to SFO as soon as they are > placed into service. > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > On Friday, December 5, 2003, at 05:18 AM, Kenton A Hoover wrote: > > > Not to point out the obvious, but the An-124s and C-5As just taxi to > > the north field and park. While the new terminal could handle a > > "super-jumbo", I wonder if the additional necessary changes to the > > field were part of the now-dead plans to rework the airfield itself. > > > > On Dec 1, 2003, at 23:38, Michael C. Berch wrote: > > > >> Well, I've seen both C-5s and Antonov An-124s there, so I don't see > >> why > >> not. The A380 is only a few feet longer than a 747-400, and the > >> wingspan is about 60 ft wider. The MTOW is 1,285,000 lbs. vs. > >> 875,000 > >> lbs. The only thing that is slightly problematic is the wingspan > >> while taxiing, which can be dealt with by ground control. The runway > >> length (28R/10L) is 11,870 ft. which should not pose a problem. > > > > -- > > | Kenton A. Hoover / Private Citizen / San Francisco, California USA | > > >