Ze plane! Ze plane!

There are a few perks that come with working next door to LAX -- mostly free airport parking and a free shuttle. But today was especially cool, as I did not have to join the masses at 5 a.m. crowding for a spot to see the first landing of the Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane. Instead, we watched it glide past our office windows and onto a northern runway.

It really was enormous. It's a double-decker plane that carries 550 people and has a wingspan longer than a football field. In true L.A. fashion, LAX employees rolled out a red carpet for the plane's passengers, and the pilots were greeted with a handshake from my main man Tony.


*Image from latimes.com