The Making Of The $10 Billion Airbus A380 | The Giant Of The SkyAirbus | Spark

I was an HGV driver for Castle Cement during the construction of the Factory in Broughton, North wales, that made the wings for the A380, Daily for several weeks I would bring Cement powder and blow it into the silos on site so that they could make concrete on a continuos basis, and even now the Beluga flies right over the top of my house on it's way to land at Broughton to collect more wings for Airbus. It is a good feeling to know I was just a small cog in this massive gearbox that made the biggest airliner of all time.

The stress for these people was crazy! Congratulations to the team for making this historic plane! 🎉

Amazing to get a glimpse of what it takes to bring a plane like this to life. Everyone that had a hand in it no matter how small should definitely be proud

The passion airplanes engineers and everyone that work in the aircraft sector is incredible. This documentary really shows how much they care and how safe planes are. I will fly on a plane on july and August and this really helps me overcome my fear of flying.

I wish there was a part 2 to this documentary. To think this plane failed not because of engineering problems, but due to finances. Not everybody was able to make a profit out of flying them. Emirates did a great job of acquiring them (my first time on an A380 was EK). My favourite plane to fly as a passenger and given the option I always choose the king of the sky. Back then I was more interested in the advancement of cellphone technology, and completely missed all of this. Thank you for the throwback and behind the scenes stuff.

I would love to see the double-decker Airbus A380 and its newer future variants continuing in the aviation world for at least another 30 years. Such a breathtaking piece of engineering, human ingenuity, and bold endeavour to be marvelled at!

The amount of coordination and nerves to finalise such a huge project without big issues, already makes me feel so much secondhand stress.

Emirates flight from London to Dubai on an A380. Six hours went by in a jiffy and I was not tired at all. My best flying experience, EVER!

I travelled on the A380 4 times & it is a super plane! Hope they bring it back

The A380 is making a come back and the resumption of production would be great even on a limited scale.

An aviation masterpiece!

I flew on the A380 from LHR TO DBX last year, en route to Nepal…..it’s a superb flight with equally superb in flight entertainment and service. I’ll be on it again in May travelling to Japan. Well done to all those involved in building this engineering marvel ✈️👍

In comparison to the ''Queen of the skies'' the Boeing 747...sad to see the Airbus A380 wont outlive its contemporary to to the ever increasing point to point airport model. Together with the 747,the A380 will remain as one of the greatest engineering marvels of the century.

Another Great video! 👍

What’s interesting is that as of 2023, after the pandemic, and less than 20 years after its introduction, the A380 is not being reinstated by many airlines; In lieu of other aircraft platforms which are easier to integrate into airports/aerodromes.

Amazing plane & great to fly on. By far the quietest & smooth long haul flights I've ever been on. Good to see them going strong post covid, Emirates need to scrap their silly old 'we don't fly planes older than 12/14 years' rule & keep these long as it's viable. With growing travel demand & limited airport slots these are perfect re capacity

Very impressive Doc...I like the collaboration vibe of european contributors. One thing I cant get out of my head...the Quantas People where visiting..and wasnt it exactly on Flight QF 32 where the blade of the Rolls Royce Trent engine wasnt stopped by the casiing like shown in the experiment?? (It ripped a couple wholes in the wing! I must say too, it was the smoothest ride I ever had on a plane when I took the A380 from Zürich all the way to Sydney Australia....and I'm glad its coming back to service more again!

This Sir was a excelent reportage Thank you 👍👍

Amazing engineering ❤

Wonderful history