A380 JFK-ORDMarch 20th, 2007

Lufthansa A380 Lounge in JFK

A380 on the Ramp in JFK

Mike Gentile and Mike Schlicting at JFK

View from Boarding the Aircraft in JFK

Boarding the Aircraft (Upstairs Business Class is where everyone sat)

View of A/C from the Inflight Entertainment System

Outside View from Business Class on the Second LevelBtw, Emirates (in the background) is going “Folks, we bought 29 of those…”

In Case of Emergency…Slides Deploy Everywhere

Camera Crew aboard the Flight

View from In flight JFK-ORD

Main Entrance Stair Case

Upstairs in Business

Economy Downstairs (1st Cabin)

Downstairs in Economy

Economy Downstairs (2nd Cabin)

Downstairs in Economy

Notice How the Walls Slope Inwards toward the Bottom

First Class

The On Board Bar

Rear Stairs and GalleysNotice the Mock Wood Floors

View from the Lavatory

Tail Camera View of Everyone in Chicago to meet the flight

View from the Window of Everyone who met the flight

Leaving the Airplane

United Ground Handling Services- Always there when you need us…

Arrival Signage:Airbus, United, and Lufthansa

Supersize those Engines for me Please…

A heck of a lot of Wheels back there

Rear Back Wheels on the Main Bogeys have no Brakes! (but are steerable)

Where is all of the ground equipment going to go?

The “Tunnel” inside the Rear Cargo Hold

Trying to Open the Front Cargo Hold(The trick is to unlatch and within 15 seconds active the door Mechanism)

The Infamous Tow bar that Didn’t Fit!

The infamous backup Towbar from Airbus

There is still a spare towbar in the Cargo Hold(but will it work?)

Michael Schlicting, United Ground Handling Services, 2007