January 28, 2008 11:18 AM PST

A panoramic peek inside the Airbus A380 cockpit

Airbus' mammoth A380 is the biggest passenger jet in history. Now, a French photographer has posted a panoramic image of the plane's cockpit.

(Credit: Airbus)

Wow. I wish I was a pilot.

That's all I could think Monday morning when I came across an amazing panoramic image of the cockpit of an Airbus A380.

I must admit I don't understand most of what I see in the panoramic--I would show an image of it here, but as of this writing, I hadn't gotten permission from the photographer, Gilles Vidal, to do so--but it just looks like one heck of a plane.

This is also one of those great panoramics that lets you move around, zoom in or out, and rotate up or down and so forth.

And out the cockpit is another A380, just across the tarmac.

You can be sure that as further A380 news comes along, I'll feature it here. For now, though, just enjoy playing with this image. And try to not get nauseous, as the continuous movement of the panoramic is a little bit vertiginous.

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Pre-production?
by imoretti January 28, 2008 2:22 PM PST
Pretty utilitarian. My guess is that this is just a test flight deck (e.g., note the missing or
obscured peephole on the flight deck door). Just like with the passenger cabins, airlines will
be able to trick out their flight decks. Not as spacious as I might have imagined, either.
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COOL!
by dlowe402 January 28, 2008 2:41 PM PST
Check out all the cupholders! Not sure what anything else does
though.
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