Well, I'm watching the maiden voyage of the Airbus A380, and it hasn't fallen out of the sky yet, so that's good news for Airbus (and Europe). It's an awful big plane. The big show they had before the plane took off looks like it was a typical French production - bizarre dancers doing weird things, presumably symbolizing 'the spirit of flight' or some such claptrap. Official events here are often bizarre beyond description.

Amazing, isn't it? Frank, the husband of Dave (an ex-pat in Hamburg) over at Daily Dose of Dave http://www.oeskovic.com/ worked on the plane and everyone at Airbus is very excited about it.