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: Thunderstorm bashing up against the tropopause as we crossed the ITCZ over the Pacific Ocean on 24 December 2012.

: 1200 miles from Los Angeles

: Delta Flight 191

: Rolls-Royce Trent 900 high pressure turbine blade. US$14k, 700hp, the most complex thing on an entire A380.

: Google

: Northern Hemisphere jet stream – 4 Feb 2008. Jets continually move position and change intensity.

: Frequency analysis of a turbo-fan jet engine (Image Rolls-Royce)

: Vibration Frequency Plot (Image RR)

: Frank Ogilvie and me in front of an A380 wing at the Airbus Wing Factory. UK

: Landing gear support lug inside the A380 wing.

: StVincent’s Patient Safety & Quality Symposium (August 2017)

: Engine Alliance GP7270 engine – Air Path (GenFam)

: Engine Alliance GP7270 engine – see through (GenFam)

: Engine Alliance GP7270 engine

: Engine Alliance GP7270 engine Fan

: Trent 900 HPT Blade (Image: The Jet Engine)

: Acceleration “Working lines” (Image: The Jet Engine)

: Engine number 2

: Image – Airbus

: Image – Airbus

: Weight-CG Limits for a Big Jet

: The A380 rudder is actually a bit too large for the aircraft, causing additional drag. However its additional power means the takeoff speeds are reduced and thus the takeoff performance improved.

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