I don't know when you'll have time, KK, but you'll love this one!
Boeing had a 787 in England for the Farnborough Airshow last month and whilst it was over there, it did a flyby at East Midlands Airport so that the Roll Royce folks could get a look at it . . .
The video really shows how purty those wings are!
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: August 12, 2010 11:23 am
by SeattleParrotHead
Another one for KK . . .
"Continental Airlines Reveals Their Tricked-Out 787 Dreamliner Interior"
SeattleParrotHead wrote:I don't know when you'll have time, KK, but you'll love this one!
Boeing had a 787 in England for the Farnborough Airshow last month and whilst it was over there, it did a flyby at East Midlands Airport so that the Roll Royce folks could get a look at it . . .
The video really shows how purty those wings are!
That's the airshow my friend/co-worker went to. I'm still mad at him for not taking me!
Great video, thanks for sharing Mel!!!
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: August 12, 2010 2:00 pm
by VanillaGrl
SeattleParrotHead wrote:Another one for KK . . .
"Continental Airlines Reveals Their Tricked-Out 787 Dreamliner Interior"
In the video, what is that gizmo that is visible trailing off the top of the vertical stabilizer/rudder? -"BB"-
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 11, 2010 10:46 am
by SeattleParrotHead
Its called a Trailing Cone. It is used to calibrate the pitot static system (speed and altitude). It can be extended during flight to get measurements that are not affected by the aircraft's wake. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65483667@N00/285392695/
A little off topic, but this is a kinda cool picture . . . http://www.flickr.com/photos/65483667@N ... otostream/
It shows a new 737-900 coming in for a landing at Boeing Field (King County International Field) in Seattle. In the background is a train carrying 737 fuselages built in Wichita, headed for Renton, WA where 737s are assembled.
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 11, 2010 7:46 pm
by VanillaGrl
SeattleParrotHead wrote:You'll love this one, KK!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! I do love it! Thanks, (((((((Mel)))))))!
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 11, 2010 10:45 pm
by SeattleParrotHead
At the 2:25 mark you really get a good idea of how beautiful those wings are!
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 12, 2010 4:18 am
by Bicycle Bill
SeattleParrotHead wrote:You'll love this one, KK!
And that's definitely no rookie at the controls!!
What do they test in the cross-wind landings? Are they working within design parameters, or are they pushing the envelope? Or are the design parameters "the envelope", and in-service minimums set well within that? -"BB"-
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 12, 2010 1:30 pm
by SeattleParrotHead
Bicycle Bill wrote:And that's definitely no rookie at the controls!!
The pilot is Randy Neville, no rookie indeed! He has more than 6,000 hours on more than 75 different types of A/C. He was a test pilot on our F-22 Raptor program before he got this "gig".
Bicycle Bill wrote:What do they test in the cross-wind landings? Are they working within design parameters, or are they pushing the envelope? Or are the design parameters "the envelope", and in-service minimums set well within that?
In this video, Randy and the Test Engineer talk about the testing.
Randy says "I love my job" . . . I don't know if he'd swap with JB, but you know JB would love to have Randy's job!
Incredibly, comm'l jets do it all the time:
Or at least try . . .
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 12, 2010 1:48 pm
by VanillaGrl
SeattleParrotHead wrote:
Or at least try . . .
Whoa!
Cooool vids!
Re: The First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner
Posted: September 13, 2010 4:42 pm
by SeattleParrotHead
787 begins fatigue testing...
"Every kid's dream is to build something and then try to break it, right?, In essence, that's what we're doing. We take an airplane and we try to put it through its paces and try to break it at the end."
"Every kid's dream is to build something and then try to break it, right?, In essence, that's what we're doing. We take an airplane and we try to put it through its paces and try to break it at the end."
It was apparently a fire in the electrical/electronics (EE) bay - probably (hopefully!) not a big deal . . . Test planes are crammed full of test equipment, servers, sensors, computers, recorders and miles and miles of wires . . . probably just an electrical short. JMHO
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