MAN HAS BEENTAKING to the skies in powered aircraft for over a hundred years. Considered wishful
thinking only a couple centuries ago, today, nearly 50,000 people fly each day.
Then...
On 17 December 1903, the Wright brothers made aviation history with the first
powered airplane, The Flyer I. In the longest flight of the day, Wilbur Wright flew 259.7 metres.
Now...
The Airbus A380, the world’s larger passenger plane, can carry a maximum of 853
passengers and fly 15,400,000 metres.
GAMECO, a joint venture between Hutchison China and China Southern Airlines, has been servicing
aircraft since 1989. In 2011 it began servicing the new Airbus A380 and will service Boeing’s new
Dreamliner in 2012.
Length - 6.4M
Length - 72.72M
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Up, Up and Away
Then & Now
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