Boeing 787 Rollout

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:34 pm

Here's a link to the video premiere of the Boeing 787. Anybody have some pics?

http://787premiere.newairplane.com/
or
http://www.king5.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=157291

Pic

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1 ... =&next_id=

dashman69 · Post by **dashman69** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:36 pm

Just saw the vid, she's hot! Where can I purchase a PPC for this aircraft?

fingersmac · Post by **fingersmac** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:56 pm

I watched the webcast too. Fantastic looking aircraft.

http://flightblogger.blogspot.com/

Pre-paint shop photos:

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/ge ... n/3478111/

I'm sure more pictures will surface within the next few hours/days.

pika · Post by **pika** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:08 am

Qatar is in the books for 30 787's. There were rumours of their order but after ordering 80 350's this seems a bit odd.

quicksilver · Post by **quicksilver** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:58 pm

I want that

fingersmac · Post by **fingersmac** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:11 pm

There's some better pictures on Airliners.net now.

Schlem · Post by **Schlem** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:18 pm

With that nose and the new design windscreens it doesn't look like a Boeing anymore.

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:45 am

Looks like an aluminum tube with some wings on it. Nice paint job though.

-istp

Jeremy Kent · Post by **Jeremy Kent** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:44 am

She's purdy.

CID · Post by **CID** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:55 am

Looks like an aluminum tube with some wings on it. Nice paint job though.

But it's not. It's a composite tube with some wings on it.

Golden Flyer · Post by **Golden Flyer** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:07 am

What is all the big deal? Besides the wings, it doesn't look all that special.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:40 am

Golden Flyer wrote:What is all the big deal? Besides the wings, it doesn't look all that special.

The wings don't even move.... How's it supposed to come off the ground???

Not bad looking, for an airplane. But being American, the doors probably clunk when you close them...

stl

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:16 pm

Nice videos...

Mitch Cronin · Post by **Mitch Cronin** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:00 pm

Golden Flyer wrote:What is all the big deal? Besides the wings, it doesn't look all that special.

See post above...: "It's a composite tube with some wings on it."

...and it's the first big, flying, composite tube. That makes it a big deal. Like any other major first in aviation... and face it, they don't come often! How long has the "airliner" been pretty much exactly what they all are today?... Long time...

This is damned innovative! ...and that Boeing is doing it... Boeing - the quintessential, "we've done it this way for years, and by gum it works, so we ain't changin'!" company - is being innovative at all?!

Wow! ...Yessir, it's a big deal.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:36 pm

Mitch,

Do I get grits and hushy puppies with that answer??? Lol, you nailed the Alabama accent.... in type. Well done.

stl

sidestick stirrer · Post by **sidestick stirrer** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:31 pm

Schlem wrote:With that nose and the new design windscreens it doesn't look like a Boeing anymore.

I can tell you why that nose and windscreen gets my attention: it translates into QUIET cockpits!
The original DeHavilland Comet had the most streamlined nose. So much so that Sud Aviation used the same one on their successful Caravelle model.
Too bad I'll be retired the same month as the first one arrives.

Golden Flyer · Post by **Golden Flyer** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:49 pm

Mitch Cronin wrote:
Golden Flyer wrote:What is all the big deal? Besides the wings, it doesn't look all that special.
See post above...: "It's a composite tube with some wings on it."

...and it's the first big, flying, composite tube. That makes it a big deal. Like any other major first in aviation... and face it, they don't come often! How long has the "airliner" been pretty much exactly what they all are today?... Long time...

This is damned innovative! ...and that Boeing is doing it... Boeing - the quintessential, "we've done it this way for years, and by gum it works, so we ain't changin'!" company - is being innovative at all?!

Wow! ...Yessir, it's a big deal.

Ahh, well I guess you guys are right. Sorry for being a party poops on a day when aviation advances. Imagine when we have flying cars! ISTP, imagine that caddi floating in the sky... Magic Don I.S.T.P