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Boeing 787 makes first flight

Started by Ghoste, December 15, 2009, 11:03:20 PM

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Ghoste

December 15, 2009, 11:03:20 PM
First new plane for Boeing in about 50 years.  I hope this foreshadows a turnaround for the airline industry in general but particularly in North America.

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/

Todd Wilson

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December 16, 2009, 12:02:53 AM
I wondered if they had parachutes on board?


Todd

TK73

#2
December 16, 2009, 12:05:05 AM
OK, where are our Boeing guys??

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bull

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December 16, 2009, 01:19:05 AM
And Mark. He works there too, doesn't he?

grdprx

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December 16, 2009, 01:56:45 AM
I read that chutes were available in the cock pit.  LOL 

b5blue

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December 16, 2009, 09:00:57 AM
That is one beautiful bird....but what is that plane in the background?  :scratchchin:

bakerhillpins

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December 16, 2009, 09:07:51 AM
Quote from: Ghoste on December 15, 2009, 11:03:20 PM
I hope this foreshadows a turnaround for the airline industry in general but particularly in North America.

I hope you are correct. Wonder who got the 60% of the engineering and mfg work that was "outsourced" though.
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b5blue

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December 16, 2009, 09:11:24 AM
It ain't airbus thank god.

Troy

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December 16, 2009, 09:34:57 AM
Quote from: Ghoste on December 15, 2009, 11:03:20 PM
First new plane for Boeing in about 50 years.  I hope this foreshadows a turnaround for the airline industry in general but particularly in North America.

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/


50 years? The 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 have all gone into service since 1968 (the 777 in 1995). ;)

I tried to watch the web cast of the first flight yesterday but had technical difficulties. With all the delays I'm glad to see an important milestone reached. I know some people working on the project and I think one of the biggest complaints/mistakes was the outsourcing. I don't think that will happen (at least not on the same scale) in the future.

Troy
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Ghoste

#9
December 16, 2009, 09:39:17 AM
It seems longer.  :lol:  I still hope it bodes well for the company.

Troy

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December 16, 2009, 11:05:51 AM
Interesting - I just read that by splitting all the tooling and piecing together modules that final assembly can be done in 3 days (vs 4 months for an aluminum plane).
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0804/gallery.boeing_dreamliner.fortune/31.html

I'm not going to make any comments about this caption but I thought you guys would like it:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0804/gallery.boeing_dreamliner.fortune/39.html

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

Ghoste

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December 16, 2009, 11:08:51 AM
 :smilielol:

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#12
December 16, 2009, 12:40:03 PM
Quote from: b5blue on December 16, 2009, 09:00:57 AM
That is one beautiful bird....but what is that plane in the background?  :scratchchin:


The plane in the background is the  Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), Dreamlifter). Itis a wide-body cargo aircraft. Constructed by intensive modifications to an existing Boeing 747-400, the Dreamlifter is used exclusively for transporting aircraft parts to Boeing from suppliers around the world.

bull

#13
December 16, 2009, 03:19:47 PM
Quote from: Troy on December 16, 2009, 11:05:51 AM

I'm not going to make any comments about this caption but I thought you guys would like it:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0804/gallery.boeing_dreamliner.fortune/39.html

Troy


Sweet! A romper room for the flight attendants!



ITSA426

#14
December 16, 2009, 03:58:28 PM
I think I still have a bumper sticker around here that says "If it's not Boeing I'm not going"  It's a shame what's been done to our aviation/airline industry.
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