787 first flight video
This is the video of boeing 787 dreamliner first flight, current report is that the boeing 787 dreamliner airplane performed beautifully. The boeing going through and analyzing the data to ensure they’re ready for first flight. From evaluations they’ve done so far, everything looks good.
Enjoy the 787 first flight live video below.
Statistical data show newer aircraft are safer than older types due to metal fatigue and corrosion. Any fatigue at the wing fuselage joint would be detected far earlier before imminent failure could occur.
Boeing was founded by William Edward Boeing, which originally was a businessman and a successful logger. Together with his colleague George Conrad Westervelt in 1916, he founded the company’s aircraft factory who then called Pacific Aero Products.
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) yesterday (December 12) completed high-speed taxi tests on the first 787 Dreamliner (787-881 N787BA, msn 40690). This is the last in a series of functional tests planned in preparation for first flight. According to the Boeing press release, “Our pilots told me the airplane performed beautifully,” said Mike Delaney, vice president and chief project engineer for the 787. “We’re going through and analyzing the data to ensure we’re ready for first flight. From evaluations we’ve done so far, everything looks good.”
During the testing, the airplane reached a top speed of approximately 130 knots (150 mph, 240 kph), and the pilots lifted the nose gear from the pavement. Video highlights of the taxi testing will be available by the end of the day Monday at www.boeing.com and www.newairplane.com.
Taxi test is the last testing planned before first flight which could come on Tuesday, December 15, if the Seattle area weather permits.
news by http://blog.seattlepi.com/
EVERETT, Wash. — The weather in the Pacific Northwest cooperated with Boeing’s plans to finally get its new 787 jetliner into the air Tuesday, more than two years after it had intended.
The test aircraft completed its ground tests during the weekend, including a 150-mph dash down the runway at Everett’s Paine Field during which its nose gear briefly lifted off the pavement.
Following the completion of testing — the jets ran for at least 40 minutes prior to the flight — the plane rolled down the tarmac in Washington on the way towards its first flight. After a brief pause for photographs, the plane roared down the landing strip and into the skies.
Earlier Tuesday morning, pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville said they planned to take the 787 on a 4-hour flight over Washington state, beginning the extensive flight test program needed to obtain the plane’s Federal Aviation Administration certification.
Before landing at Seattle’s Boeing Field, the two-member crew will perform a variety of basic tests and systems checks, said Boeing Commercial Airplanes spokesman Jim Proulx. “They will essentially make sure that the airplane under normal circumstances flies the way it’s supposed to fly,” he said.
Proulx said good visibility, no standing water at the two airports and gentle or no wind are needed for the initial flight, but he noted it was raining when Boeing’s previous all-new airplane, the 777, made its first flight 15 years ago.
Tuesday’s forecast called for rain, 10 mph winds and a cloud ceiling at about 1,500 feet, National Weather Service meteorologist Ted Buehner said. But the weather remained clear enough for teh jetliner to successfully take off.
The plane is the first of six 787s Boeing will use in the flight test program, expected to last about nine months and subject the planes to conditions well beyond those found in normal airline service. Chicago-based Boeing, which has orders for 840 787s, plans to make the first delivery to Japan’s All Nippon Airways late next year.
The 787 is a radical departure for Boeing: About 50 percent of the plane is made of lightweight composite materials, with large sections produced by suppliers around the globe and assembled by Boeing at Everett. The plane, Boeing says, will be quieter, produce fewer emissions and use 20 percent less fuel than comparable aircraft, while passengers will enjoy a more comfortable cabin with better air quality and larger windows.
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