in the blue corner....

here's a quick shot of the new heavyweight .. sitting peacefully in the blue corner....the Airbus A 380!

there were a whole lot of planes on display, and some great airshows. To be up close n personal with those engineering marvels, and to hear them roar, scream and screech across the sky while flipping and slicing their way through the clouds was AWESOME! Blowback from the A 380's takeoff and the smell of burnt rubber lingering in the air after it landed .... all this a mere 500 feet away from the crowd!

more pics to follow :)

hhmm trying out diff layouts and settings, but seems the same pic you can't view in the cropped version. So here's the original shot (the cropped version now on Flickr).