It flies Kevin!!

It flies A380
Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

These were the words of Richard Quest, live from CNN, as the large A-380 took off on its maiden voyage at Toulouse airport.

Few things stir my imagination as much as aviation. From my house in Lisbon i can see an airplane coming in every 3m and they fascinate me every time. How something man made, so heavy and bulky can pull away from the Earth's gravitational force.

I've always had a special liking for history and until (roughly) when i joined University few world events had really marked our generation. Unfortunately we can now consider ourselves the 9/11 and Asian tsunami generation. However, let me be so bold to say that today we've also become part of the "aviation history" generation.

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