:rolleyes:

It's ba-ack...
 

...on the line since 23 December.

http://seattletimes.com/html/busines...87firexml.html

I gotta wonder how they made the fix to make the plane airworthy. It's not like you can rivet carbon fibre in the same manner as metal.

Just flew the UA 787 LAX/IAH - loved the flight, and it was on-time. This is a smokin' hot airplane! (sorry :) ).

It's been posted before, but there's a possible/probable description of the repair process in this article:

http://seattletimes.com/html/busines...repairxml.html

The recent article seemed to confirm that they cut the patch out of a new fuselage section, and installed it generally as planned as described in the October article. Hopefully the glue is up to the job of holding at what must be one of the greater load/stress points (fuselage/tail front) on the aircraft. If it's like bone repair at a fracture, where the repair is more substantial than before the break, that could be good.

Confined to the production line, so far
 

Flew it for the first time on Qatar Airways DOH-DXB. Was seated right next to the engine. was a fairly smooth and quiet journey. (all 45 minutes)

A couple days later, flew a completely full 787 DOH-LHR. No problems again. The 3-3-3 configuration on Qatar's fleet is annoying though. Fortunately had three in our party.

Would fly again, wont go out of my way though. The wing tips were a little strange to look at.

Confirming: We are the beta test
 

http://seattletimes.com/html/busines...rsightxml.html

...Somewhere between an airworthiness directive and not issuing anything at all. Is anyone else amused by the use of the word "development"? Boy, if there was ever a case of cleverly giving the benefit of the doubt. 122 planes in service -- and it's still in development? We are indeed the beta.

Calibrating the FAA, I suggest that this was meant to leave a mark, as much as the FAA does/can nowadays, but is sugarcoated in more layers than a large jawbreaker. Nonetheless, stripped of all those layers, it says you can't run Boeing like the fictitious "ValuJet".

The facts are the facts.

Also puts one in mind of the old saying, "The Pope was in perfect health, and then he was dead."

Nowhere in that article does it say the airplane is still in development.

From the article - and the report:

http://seattletimes.com/html/busines...rsightxml.html

Now, it may be possible to disagree as to the meaning of "is".

Just flew the 787 from LHR to BWN via DXB. I have to say I was impressed overall! At first I did not notice much difference from the 777 but then as the flight progressed the atmosphere in the cabin was just 'better'. The flight felt more comfortable and overall I did not feel an apprehension whatsoever!

I have tried to fly a 787, but have been unable to find the right flight. I am looking forward to flying on it. By the way, the military does repair composite airframes, so it can be done.

Toasty
 

Air New Zealand's Darth...

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/...#axzz2yeQUfTyT