First flight Boeing 787 15 dec. ??

Derice · Post by **Derice** » 15 Dec 2009, 19:35

Nice sound!
Can't wait to see that IMAX video they are shooting of this aircraft!

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 15 Dec 2009, 19:38

DG AIR wrote:What a beautiful aircraft. Is it normal that the landing gear not is retracted during testflight? It went into the clouds with the gear deployed.

gr.

Ger

That's a rather regular procedure.

Imagine what would happen if the landing gear was retracted but would refuse to extend again during this VERY public first flight...

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » 15 Dec 2009, 19:38

not sure bout the fuselage looks, but the wing flex is impressive!

DG AIR · Post by **DG AIR** » 15 Dec 2009, 19:42

Stratofreighter:

Thanks. Just curious, never seen a fist flight and don't know the procedures.

gr.

Ger

frank kramer · Post by **frank kramer** » 15 Dec 2009, 19:44

Good PR for the Boeing guys; impressive livestream, nice flight tracker... the works! But, most important of all, a beautiful bird up where she belongs... Finally!

r.e.hendriks · Post by **r.e.hendriks** » 15 Dec 2009, 19:48

Wow!!!!

What an impressive experience!
I can't wait to see the first military 787

Best regards, Rob.

worldliner · Post by **worldliner** » 15 Dec 2009, 20:01

Flightaware shows the current location of the plane. It should arrive at 1AM our (Amsterdam) time.

For those interested: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nlspot2003 · Post by **Nlspot2003** » 15 Dec 2009, 20:25

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxg08M76RfA[/youtube]

Bassie76 · Post by **Bassie76** » 15 Dec 2009, 22:06

Nice aircraft!
Although the two chase planes were also very nice.....

r.e.hendriks · Post by **r.e.hendriks** » 15 Dec 2009, 22:15

Estimated Time of Arrival is now set on 21.22z (so 22.22 Dutch Time)

Best regards, Rob.

S&B extra · Post by **S&B extra** » 15 Dec 2009, 22:30

nice spagetti!

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lex · Post by **Lex** » 15 Dec 2009, 22:36

It just landed!

Nozem · Post by **Nozem** » 15 Dec 2009, 22:39

fantastic landing dispite the wheater......
streaming was not great but as I understad there were over 300.000 people watching...

Greetings Ton

S&B extra · Post by **S&B extra** » 15 Dec 2009, 22:51

KLM 737 on the ramp

Starbucks · Post by **Starbucks** » 15 Dec 2009, 23:20

Stratofreighter wrote:
DG AIR wrote:What a beautiful aircraft. Is it normal that the landing gear not is retracted during testflight? It went into the clouds with the gear deployed.

gr.

Ger
That's a rather regular procedure.
Imagine what would happen if the landing gear was retracted but would refuse to extend again during this VERY public first flight...

Not entirely true, gear is probably retracted at a more safe altitude (for that we have to wait untill the air2air footage) just like with the A400M, A380 as the most recent major maiden flights.

Some examples:

First flight 757:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRar2YONKfk[/youtube]
as you can see in the video the gear remains down for a longer period as normal, but later on in the video it's retracted.

First Flight A380:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSfPp9a9HcI[/youtube]
From 00:45

First Flight A400M:

I haven't come up with this all by myself, read also a lot on atcbox.com on the "gear-down-issue"

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