First Pics of the 787
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First Pics of the 787
Boeing's brand new 787 won't be unveiled until next month, but some guy waited for one of the planes to be moved from assembly hangar to the paint shacks to snap some photos -- your first look at the new plane out of assembly.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions....main/3478111/
Found on a Seattle Blog
http://www.airliners.net/discussions....main/3478111/
Found on a Seattle Blog
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can't wait to see it in the air ^^
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Front page of today's Seattle PI.
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Frankly, it doesn't look much different to me than other aircraft. I'm not good at noticing the subtleties, though.
To me what's really amazing about the 787 are the composite materials, huge weight reduction and substantial fuel efficiency improvement.
To me what's really amazing about the 787 are the composite materials, huge weight reduction and substantial fuel efficiency improvement.
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I'm in the same boat as most of you.... I was really looking forward to it resembling the early renderings/drawings we had seen.... in particular I was hoping the wings would be more sloped like the pictures... anyways at least the engines have lived up to my expectations as those things are huge!!!!!!!!! In fact a better view and more info is available at
http://www.geaviation.com/engines/co...genx/fett.html
Maybe once its painted and we can see her then..we'll have a different opinion^
http://www.geaviation.com/engines/co...genx/fett.html
Maybe once its painted and we can see her then..we'll have a different opinion^