Is Boeing 747-8 a better plane then Airbus A380
Wu Su Hong
8/13/2014
In this essay , my topic will be Is airbus A380 a better plane than Boeing 747-8. In this time the worldwide fleet is split roughly 50/50 between Boeing models and Airbus models. As you all know , Boeing is a U.S. company and Airbus is a European company. Undeniably they are both different in their operating procedures and system architectures. If we are going into details about how different they are , then there will be a lot of boring pages to answer , so personally I am not going to wander there. Trust me , the typical readers won’t want me to go there too. Currently there’s 2 camps of people out there , with one loyally attached to Boeing and one more attached to Airbus. It is normal for people to support their own likings , it’s just as out of the dozen teams out there in the English Premier League , my favourite will always be Manchester united. It is just a case of whatever he or she is used to i believe. Recently I often asked people if their choice over aircraft manufacturers is based on “better” or “safer” , the answere I get ,once again a whole chapter of boring details , the short and acceptable answere will be a “no”. Both planes have their own “pro’s” and “con’s”.
Here, we are going to briefly talk about the history of the world’s biggest planes.
The 747 was built for long distance flying and high capacity passenger plane. The plane was first introduced in the 1960s. People that time craved for continuous long distance travel but before 747 was introduced , no plane was simply large enough to cater for the needs and range. Well another fact is, there might never have been a 747 if not for the great aviator Juan Trippe. He is the owner of Pan AM , he supports the development of 747 , he simply told Boeing that 747 was a revolution waiting to happen. Boeing took the advice and nearly bankrupted themselves in the