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Eleven Original Videos from the First Flight of Lufthansa's A380

May 21, 2010 at 5:33 PM | by | Comments (0)

This is it. This is end of the week during which Lufthansa took delivery of their first superjumbo Airbus A380. It was an equally important week for us too, as we were fortunate enough to be on board the maiden flight from Airbus' private airfield at Hamburg-Finkenwerder down to Lufthansa's HQ in the Technik hangar at Frankfurt International.

We sincerely hope that you enjoyed our thorough coverage throughout the week, but we couldn't rest without sharing some of our videos with you, which really helped to capture the day—not to mention the massive size of this airliner. From boarding the plane to playing with the in-flight entertainment, and even rolling into the hangar at Frankfurt amidst partiers, all our videos are here. Check them out...

Video 1: The A380 parked at Hamburg's Finkenwerder, the private airfield of Airbus. It's warming up before we board, as those not going on the first flight take tours.

Video 2: Boarding the A380 at XFW, with quick looks up the stairs to First Class, and around the first part of the economy cabin.

Video 3: A tour of the new First Class cabin on the upper deck.

Video 4: A tour of the First Class bathroom (one of two on the upper deck).

Video 5: The Lufthansa A380 takes off from Hamburg Finkenwerder on its first official flight. We're stuck in a middle seat, but you can see the awesome in-flight entertainment and the open cockpit door.

Video 6: Inside the cockpit while flying over Rotterdam.

Video 7: Just flying around, making some low passes and experimenting with the IFE.

Video 8: Making a low pass over Frankfurt Airport (the airport halted flights during this period) and nodding to the Lufthansa Technik hangar.

Video 9: The A380 lands at Frankfurt airport finally, to applause and lots of rain.

Video 10: Pulling into the new Lufthansa Technik hangar, we notice the welcome party has already begun.

Video 11: We were one of the last people to leave the plane and join the party in the Lufthansa Technik hangar.

Disclosure: We snuck off to Germany for the A380 launch thanks to Lufthansa, but all views are completely our own

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· All our original stories from Lufthansa's A380 First Flight [Jaunted]
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[All photos and video: Cynthia Drescher for Jaunted.com]

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