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Gossip Guide · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject: WOW - Worlds largest Jet

The A380 superjumbo, made by the European company Airbus, was revealed at a lavish presentation at its hangar in the southwestern city of Toulouse.

French President Jacques Chirac called the A380 "a veritable liner of the skies" and said its debut "is for all of us a moment of emotion and pride."

"Your adventure is a great success for Europe," he told Airbus workers.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the aircraft "would change the way we travel."

The show began with music, clouds of dry ice and dancers in the hangar where A380s are assembled -- one of the largest enclosed spaces in Europe.

Projected images of planes from the Airbus range sped across the hangar walls and dancers suspended on wires appeared to walk on air. Children tugged on a white cord to pull down a curtain, unveiling the plane lit in blue behind.

Hailed as a "European success story" by the European Union, the massive plane can seat up to 840 passengers on its two full decks, and its size easily eclipses the Boeing 747 that has ruled the commercial skies for decades.