CANCELLED
Meeting of The Republic of Ireland Region of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers The Mechanical & Manufacturing Division of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland
Building the Best: The World's Biggest Airliner The Airbus A380

In May, Airbus Industries, the world's largest plane maker, flew its 800+ seater A380 for the first time. The double-decker A380 plane has a wingspan of 80 metres It is 73 metres long and weighs as much as 550 tonnes when fully loaded for takeoff.
Simon Sanders of Airbus, Toulouse (seen on Channel 4 and Discovery Channel) will present a lecture on the development of the A380 in the
Dublin Institute of Technology Bolton St. Dublin 1
on
Tuesday 18th October at 7.30pm
All welcome.
For more details contact
Miriam Daly, DIT 01 402 3659
miriam.daly@dit.ie
or
Robert Simpson, DIT. 01 402 3823 Robert.simpson@dit.ie



