You'd be hard-pressed to forget a ride on the Airbus A380. The largest commercial airplane since its first passenger flight in 2007, it is the world's only full-length double-decker commercial ...

Eight spoilers on each wing add aerodynamic brakes to the A380’s mechanical ones. The nacelle sleeve on this Rolls- Royce turbofan is beginning to slide aft for thrust reversal. Phil Cooke ...