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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight

Posted by kdawson on from the million-lines-of-code-on-the-wing dept.

Bordgious and a number of other readers sent word of the 787 Dreamliner's first flight after two years of delays. The four-hour test kicks off nine months of airborne testing. Aviation Week has video of the test flight and a timeline of the 787's development. Here is the flight path. 840 of the planes are on order now, down from a high of 910, as some customers canceled orders due to the delays.

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  1. Yawn. by 2names · · Score: -1, Troll

    A big, really nice plane. Will wonders never cease? Oh yeah, FP.

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    1. Re:Yawn. by rubycodez · · Score: -1, Troll

      rather an achievement, in between times the airframe and primary structure cracks and it falls out of the sky.

    2. Re:Yawn. by timmarhy · · Score: 1, Troll

      this one wasn't designed by french engineers, sorry.

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    3. Re:Yawn. by GaryOlson · · Score: 0, Troll

      ...coordinate in the face of anoxia, fear, and task saturation.

      I think you found an effective meme for describing daily life in a technology accelerated society.

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  2. Re:And the wings might not even fall off in flight by MouseR · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because it's been shown in the past that the airframe was a design failure and they had to patch it up and change the design.

    I too have very little confidence in it. Until it's done with testing and proves changes are adequate.

    No need to be hostile. He's voicing an opinion.

  3. Complicated flight plan by 101010_or_0x2A · · Score: 0, Troll

    Their flight plan is complicated. They should use my optimized algorithm to get from point A to point B along a curved surface. They'll save even MORE than 25% on fuel

  4. tub/girl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    GGOD TO WRITE YOU paranoid conspiracy

  5. Re:And the wings might not even fall off in flight by sexconker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Boeing can demonstrate that the plane is safe, but they can't prove it.

    And an "international consensus" of scientists can demonstrate that the planet is warming, no - cooling!, no - changing!, and that it's our fault, and that polar bears will die, and that I have to give their politicians of choice money.

    But they can't prove it.

    Oh wait, they don't need to prove it, all they need to do is lie and said they proved it.

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  6. Re:LOL. by tuxgeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm at a loss here
    Which Airbus model was it that fell out of the sky this last year into the Atlantic between Brazil & Europe?

    At least none of the current flying Boeing fleet have done the lawn-dart from faulty design as long as I remember

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