BBC2 NOW!!!!!!

[Saracenman]

Engineering Connections - Airbus A380

Presenter Richard Hammond looks at engineering goals and achievements and how they were brought about by technological innovation. Richard discovers how a 19th-century rocket, a bicycle pump and an ancient Mongol bow all helped in the design of the double-decker Airbus A380.

[MrTim]

Saw this a few weeks back on one of the Discovery channels. It's quite good, but he does labour the point a bit. Yes, cut to the chase won't you?! Winglets, carbon-fibre reinforced aluminium, we know! We guessed what it was 10 minutes ago, but you're still beating about the bush with your televisual demonstrations!

[Saracenman]

well Mr Tim - i learned quite a bit from it! most of us knew about carbon-fibre reinforced aluminium, but i never knew about GLASS-reinforced ally!

i was thinking, whilst watching - that's EXACTLY what 558's Education Programme needs to be!

excellent programme i thought!

sm

[Tom.com]

yh i saw it but i saw it back last September as well

[Wedgy]

Saw the repeat tonight. Im surprised you weren't in tears SM
(all those tristars with their bellies being blown out with plastic explosives

[Saracenman]

it wasn't that long ago that DERA (now QinetiQ) did the same with a 747 at Brunty!