787 first flight this afternoon...

J1234 · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:29

Lovely

neodude · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:30

Think the pilots have forgotten where the gear lever is, lol.

FreeStream · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:32

neodude said:
Think the pilots have forgotten where the gear lever is, lol.

Standard testing procedure to keep them down until happy that everything is working as it should.

It should be up within the next hour or so i'd imagine, A380 flew for 30 mins IIRC with them down for checks.

Basically the idea is if something goes wrong that the gear is down ready!

andyp · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:33

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1

Best link for live tracking.

J1234 · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:36

Concorde Rules said:
Standard testing procedure to keep them down until happy that everything is working as it should.

It should be up within the next hour or so i'd imagine, A380 flew for 30 mins IIRC with them down for checks.

Basically the idea is if something goes wrong that the gear is down ready!

Pretty sure he was joking..

neodude · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:41

Indeed

Cosimo · 15 Dec 2009 at 18:54

A few tests:

Charlie Bravo · 15 Dec 2009 at 19:15

Pretty impressive but all you could hear were the over excited yanks doing their thing. Looking forward to the A350.

Acolyte · 15 Dec 2009 at 19:20

Charlie Bravo said:
Pretty impressive but all you could hear were the over excited yanks doing their thing. Looking forward to the A350.

You'll be waiting a while

, when i worked there all they had were design problems, although they have just ifnished building the A350 landing gear test rig at Filton now :cool:

jas72 · 15 Dec 2009 at 19:49

Aod said:
the 787 (or "Dreamliner" as it's sometimes called) is the most fuel efficient per-passenger-mile airliner ever built.

depends on how many cattle you intend to cram on it.

J1234 · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:01

Should be landing at around 2122 Z (a few hours earlier than planned it seems), should be on the live feed.

Feek · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:16

Link to the video feed?

I love the Boeing glass cockpit, knocks spots off the Airbus.

J1234 · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:21

http://787firstflight.newairplane.com/ffindex.html

Click 'webcast' in the top rightish.

Feek · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:22

Ta, that's the bit I missed!

cheets64 · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:27

But does it matter, if companies cant get bums on seats then whats the point ala BA

Charlie Bravo · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:28

Feek said:
I love the Boeing glass cockpit, knocks spots off the Airbus.

Really? I think it looks a mess and is yet again a different layout to every other type in the Boeing lineup.

J1234 · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:34

Now that was a textbook landing!

Feek · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:35

Charlie Bravo said:
Really? I think it looks a mess and is yet again a different layout to every other type in the Boeing lineup.

Well looking at pictures everything is pretty much where I'd expect it to be.

Justin said:
Now that was a textbook landing!

It was very smooth, greased it in there.

I wonder how the barrel roll went

J1234 · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:46

The layout isn't too much different from a 777, current 777 pilots to 787 pilot transition only requires an extra 5 days training iirc.

Feek · 15 Dec 2009 at 21:50

The main difference appears to be the large screens with multiple instruments rather than a greater number of smaller screens, still very obviously a Boeing layout though.