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

Thanks for posting. At first blush it looks a lot like a 777.

Yeah, doesn't look too special... And it certainly doesn't look anything like the images we saw a few years ago of what it was going to be...

Yeah, I'm kind of bummed. It doesn't look at all like the artists renderings. Maybe the paint job will change that.

Really? Looking at the Cockpit/Cone area, I don't think it looks like a 777 at all.

Who cares what it looks like outside? I'm more concerned about the interior!

No paint job and unflattering camera angle?

Note the engine cowling in the 2nd and 4th photos. The "teeth" are supposed to reduce noise quite significantly (a similar design was tested on a 777 engine).

They may reduce noise, the main reason for their selection was fuel economy. For that same reason the engine cowls will all be painted the same color on 787s

can't wait to see it in the air ^^

At least it has simple and clean lines (judging by not-so-great pics).

Front page of today's Seattle PI.

To my eye it looks a lot like a 767 with 777 engines, not surprisingly.

I think it looks beautiful. To me the tips of the wings remind me of bird wings (sorry for the cheezy analogy :p).

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.

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^