Plane off ground

Plane off ground

Each A380 at Station 30 is hoisted about 1.5 meters off the ground to have its landing gear installed. Once the landing gear is joined with the plane, it can be lowered down to rest on its own weight. Here, we see one of the planes still hoisted off the ground.

July 15, 2011 4:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Kathleen Craig

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman

 

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