787 Power-on Testing Begins

[JAM-BRO]

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2008/06/breaking-exclusive-787-poweron.html

 

[Superpilot92]

Very Nice!! :beer:

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Good news for the NWA guys. *fingers crossed on no flowbacks*

 

[clippyrip]

Very cool. I guess its more than a phantom.

 

[General Lee]

And 3 years from now the first actual flight test will occur......

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[patrickdc9]

And 3 years from now the first actual flight test will occur......

Bye Bye--General Lee

I don't quite understand you General. If you truely are for this merger and the potential strength that the combined airline will have, then why do you make comments like this? These 787's coming to the combined airline will benefit all of us. Lets not be a hater.

 

[The_Russian]

These 787's coming to the combined airline will benefit all of us. Lets not be a hater.

True.

However, what happened to the days when men got things done? This plane should have been completed by now, without delays or mistakes. If I were an engineer for Boeing, I would be working 16 hours a day to get this plane into production. If they keep working at this pace, Boeing and the airlines will be out of business. They aren't re-inventing the wheel or developing new technologies, just changing the way those technologies apply with respect to the airplane.

If they are working as hard as possible, then I will stand corrected. It doesn't look like that is so and all of us will suffer from it, including Boeing.

I am simultaneously disappointed and impressed by the Boeing team for their delay and conception (respectively) of such a great airplane. We can end the disappointment by introducing a true American competitor which will speed deliveries. (Not Airbus)

 

[FBN0223]

I don't quite understand you General. If you truely are for this merger and the potential strength that the combined airline will have, then why do you make comments like this? These 787's coming to the combined airline will benefit all of us. Lets not be a hater.

It's the old game of "everything you guys bring to the table sucks." Not an unusual tactic when negotiating the SLI. Actually, GL knows the B787 will be a great asset to the new Delta and it will be a difficult if not impossible aircraft to compete against in the Pacific markets. We are all disappointed about the program delays but it's better to take the time and get it right. Boeing is betting it's future on this aircraft and we all would rather be at the helm of an aircraft that was engineered correctly rather than hastily.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Muss es sein? Es muss sein!

Yippee - they moved the Battery Master to the NO position.

Correction - switch installed upside down. Switch is in the ON position.

Hope this is significant progress. The Titanium fastners that Boeing outsourced have been holding up the show.

Why would a company outsource the unique bolts that hold their unique jet together. It would be like Delta outsourcing 80% of its block hours from a major hub... oh' nevermind.

 

[General Lee]

I don't quite understand you General. If you truely are for this merger and the potential strength that the combined airline will have, then why do you make comments like this? These 787's coming to the combined airline will benefit all of us. Lets not be a hater.

Am I making fun of you or the manufacturer who continually screws up the start dates? Re-read my post. Don't be "quick draw McGraw" here, even if that is the nickname given to you by your wife. I want our combined airline to be huge and strong just like you do.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Hovernut]

First flight is supposed to happen in October. At least that's what the IMAX fellas I'm working with tell me.

 

[Spooky 2]

I'm hearing rumors that it might even be as soon as Sept.

 

[NuGuy]

I don't quite understand you General. If you truely are for this merger and the potential strength that the combined airline will have, then why do you make comments like this? These 787's coming to the combined airline will benefit all of us. Lets not be a hater.

Heyas,

Yea, it's kind of strange. I mean, Boeing is the home team, right? They make it sound like it was an Airbus or something.

Nu

 

[IXLR8]

I was at Boeing last week..the #2 a/c on the line was the test mule for when they twist and try to break apart the 787...I would love to see those tests!!!!

 

[Colonel Savage]

So by the time this thing is ready most of the airlines on the planet will be bankrupt or out of business. Will they just trade in a few old 300+ pax ones for a $150 million 200 pax Dreamyliner, or just borrow money from the by-then extinct credit markets? What's the payrate going to be by then, $90 bucks an hour to keep a $150 million asset in one piece?

I know, just move to Dubai or HK to fly one. Maybe you'll break six figures! That's really livin' the Dream!

This industry is way past surreal. It's like the Twilight Zone.