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The Boeing 787 is about to take its first flight. Less than two minutes until it starts it taxi, boeing has live video, audio, and atc on this website.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight
Rockwell has done a good deal of work on this so I'm sure a few Cyclones have worked on it.
nothing there.....
Also on CNN at this moment...
click webcast
I have a good friend who does a lot of the non-destructive evaluation of the composites that were used in this plane.
Very cool
she's in the air! beautiful plane!
The wings looked awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by wxman1
Hmmm darn missed it... oh well I'm sure there will be pictures.
I'm sure there is going to be one helluva party going on over at Boeing tonight :rolleyes:
They deserve a big party, ya know, since they were billions of dollars over budget and a couple years late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flag Guy
That's quite a plane though!
Ok, I am lost, what is so special about this plane? Other than it is new.
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Originally Posted by brianhos
Whole list of reasons why it's supposed to be better but it's probably getting so much attention since it's been hyped up and is now 2+ years behind schedule
To be fair, what isn't behind schedule with a big government contractor/largest commercial aircraft maker?
Please note that the 787 is a commercial aircraft, not a government projectQuote:
Originally Posted by d4nim4l
lol Wikipedia has already been updated to say that the first flight occured December 15th, 2009 :biglaugh: