787 First Flight Tuesday 12/14

[CRJCptn]

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

currently watching

 

[skidbuggy]

Currently watching it myself, as well as the live feed from channel 7. Not much activity... engines running, covered airstairs on R1 door... looks like a mechanical or they're afraid to fly it...

 

[BrickTop]

Again, I don't care what the metallurgists, engineers, chemists and developers say, composite material "DOES NOT" belong on a commercial grade airplane.

 

[densoo]

Wow. There is major upward flex in the wings. Maybe it was the angle of the camera.

 

[CRJCptn]

Wow. There is major upward flex in the wings. Maybe it was the angle of the camera.

Was thinking the same thing. Almost looks like more than an A340...

 

[BoilerUP]

Again, I don't care what the metallurgists, engineers, chemists and developers say

That's great, because they don't care what line pilots think :laugh:

 

[greenlight]

Was anyone watching Foxnews for the coverage? I know that this is true of all network news channels but those are some serious idiots doing commentary. I really miss the days when pretty newscasters read things that smart people wrote. Great day for Boeing though!

 

[BoilerUP]

I would have LOVED the idiots on Fox Business to STFU and just play the live feed...

 

[instructordude]

Talk about idiots, the pilots forgot to raise the gear!