Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the Boeing 787. What do you think? (pic heavy)

gravity is my friend.....



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wow


lost

...but it has to be tricked out as a flying mansion...sort of a "cruise ship" of the air, if you please...

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this one got my attention when I heard it was made of plastic composites. Excellent idea!

Nice pics!

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dammit.

I passed on Starbucks because it was "just coffee!"

*sigh*

Aluminum CONDUCTS lightning AROUND the surface of aircraft. Plastic and Carbon composites have high electrical resistance, heat up, and sometimes BURN when the aircraft is struck by lightning.

I will take the train, thank you.

Oh and by the way:

http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/28-380.aspx

If the Nitrogen system surrounding the fuel tanks breaks down in flight...even STATIC might just...boom.

with military aircraft--especially the B1 and B2 bombers. Boeing has alluded to as much in a few press statements when Airbus has raised similar concerns.

Of course time will tell if Boeing's confidence is well founded or based on "take my word for it" hopes.

But that's just ME.

I've been on too many aircraft where the only systems operating at the height of the storm were in the cockpit.

These are coverings for the mechanisms that extend and retract the wing flaps. If they weren't faired (covered), there would be a lot more drag. So all large airplanes have fairings like that on the flap mechanisms.

Sorry, didn't see the arrows.

They keep the aircraft in the air.

very 21st century.

Oh well, it will be years before I get to fly one, but it is really nice looking

and they will all have bidets! I'm impressed!

ANA gets there first one in September '08.

and what about above thread about the plastic ?

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2 is OK for bombing around the U.S.
When I head out over the Atlantic or the Pacific I want 3, minimum.

You lose an engine on that Boeing and you just became a single engine airplane. Now all your eggs are in ONE basket.
You lose that one and you're a glider.

I've been against the 2 engine over-water concept from the beginning.
But it's sure cheaper to just hang a couple on an airplane.
:-(

Paddy and Seamus were flying from Boston to Dublin on a 747. Half way across the Atlantic, there was a loud noise outside the plane - one of the engines fell off the wing.

A short while later the captain announced 'Ladies and gentlemen, we're very sorry to advise that we have lost one of our engines. However, there is no need to worry - the plane can fly perfectly safely on three engines. However, because we now have one less engine, we're unable to fly quite so fast, and we estimate that we'll now be approximately 45 minutes late arriving into Dublin.'

Seamus nodded to Paddy, and they each calmly ordered another Bushmills.

The flight continued, then all of a sudden, the plane lurched sharply to the left, then straightened up again. Paddy looked out the window, and saw flames streaming out of one of the two engines on that wing. After a minute or two, the flames died out.

The captain made another announcement. 'Ah, sorry about that, but we've just had a fire break out in one of our three remaining engines. Fortunately, the fire extinguishing system worked perfectly, but of course we've had to shut that engine down. Don't worry - we still have two perfectly good engines, and the plane is continuing safely. So as not to overstress the two remaining engines, we're cutting back our cruise speed, and estimate that we'll now be about two hours late arriving into Dublin'.

Seamus and Paddy looked anxiously at their watches, then relaxed and ordered another Bushmills.

Well, bad things happen in threes. Half an hour later, Paddy said to Seamus 'Did you hear that - the engines sound different?'. They discussed what that might mean for several minutes, and then the Captain's voice came over the announcement system again.

'Ah, ladies and gentleman, I don't quite know how to tell you this, but we've had a problem with another engine. We've had to shut it down, but, if my math is correct, that still leaves us with one perfectly good engine, and I promise you we're going to look after that one very carefully, all the rest of the way to Dublin. We'll probably now be about three or four hours late.'

Seamus looked at his watch, calculated when they would now be arriving into Dublin, and said to Paddy 'We're running very late already. I sure hope we don't lose the last engine or else we'll be up here all day'.

Maybe it's because I'm used to flying around in single engine planes.

We are fractional owners in one of these and take it to the Bahamas quite often. So, two engines seems like unexpected saftey after awhile.

Probably drives a Hummer, too.

B-)

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The last really interesting looking jet design was the Concorde.

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