Tech & Culture: 2nd Airbus A380 arrives in Beijing

[PakShah]

2nd Airbus A380 arrives in Beijing

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2011 shows an Airbus A380 landing at Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China. The second Airbus A380 ordered by China Southern Airlines arrived at the airport on Sunday after more than 10 hours' flight from France. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2011 shows an Airbus A380 landing at Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China. The second Airbus A380 ordered by China Southern Airlines arrived at the airport on Sunday after more than 10 hours' flight from France. (Xinhua/Liu Changlong)

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2011 shows an Airbus A380 landing at Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China. The second Airbus A380 ordered by China Southern Airlines arrived at the airport on Sunday after more than 10 hours' flight from France. (Xinhua/Liu Changlong)

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2011 shows an Airbus A380 landing at Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China. The second Airbus A380 ordered by China Southern Airlines arrived at the airport on Sunday after more than 10 hours' flight from France. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

2nd Airbus A380 arrives in Beijing - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

[Determined Tiger]

Time to reverse the engines!

 

[akinkhoo]

it not the engine design that the problem, it is the material fabrication. and PRC pour almost a 1/4 of their R&D into material science. I don't just expect the long overdue engine improvement, but spacecraft, armor, building and ship can all benefit from the availability of better materials... give China a decade or 2 and it should be among the leaders of the field, until then no amount of engineering will solve the problem of weak material.