Here is a picture of one of the A-380 testplanes taken in Toulouse last weekend. It flew to Paris to be loaded with relief-material for Myanmar.
The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
I don't know if it's greener, cleaner, or smarter, but it ain't quieter. Most Toulouse A380 test flights have gone over my head at various altitudes. There's a very specific hollow bass boom sound to the A380. (Though this comment doesn't deal with take-off and landing, when noise is greatest).
