Remember the Engine That Thought It Could?

I had the pleasure of seeing the A380 (Air Bus) last week in Los Angeles…on its maiden voyage from Toulouse, France.  It is an amazing plane with 300 miles of wires inside and a wingspan the size of a
football field.  AND yes… it can actually fly.

The A380 is a bit longer than the infamous Hercules H-4, a.k.a. the "Spruce Goose" built of wood by Howard Hughes which flew once, but fly it did …in 1947.

Some more statistics for the A380…á

• The A380 can carry up to 853 passengers!
• The A380 has 50% more space and 35% more
  seats than a 747.
• The A380 is the most environmentally friendly
  airliner ever built, burning just 2.9 litres of fuel per 100km for every
  passenger. (Thats 24 litres per km if the plane is fully loaded!)
• The maximum takeoff weight of the A380 is 560
  tons.
• The A380 can fly for about 20 hours on a full
  tank of fuel.
• á An A380 costs around $300 million (US
  dollars). Airbus have so far sold 166 to 16 different airlines.

Your Limits?

Human kinds ingenuity appears to have no limits…

Look at what our grandparents have seen in their life times…

Now, think about everything that we will see in our lifetimes… 

The speed is turned up…  the volume is turned up…

Now its time to tap into your creative energies…

What is your "Mission Impossible"?