Sunday, July 18, 2010

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands at Farnborough Airshow



The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner does a flyby and then lands at the Farnborough Airshow in the Flightglobal video above.

The revolutionary new jumbo jet, declared so by the fact that 50 percent of its airframe is made from composite fiber material, the use of modular manufacturing techniques involving as many as 90 countries, and futuristic avionics, made its first landing for the public at the famed airshow and aircraft trade show in England.

Boeing Chief Test Pilot Mike Carriker told Flightglobal's Jon Ostrower that the Boeing 787 flight started a nine-hour flight from in Seattle and came north over Greenland, while pilots made "about 20 tests" during the flight.



Now, potential customers are touring the airplane to get a feel for what the Boeing 787 is like. Airlines like United Airlines and Northwest Airlines have already placed substantial orders for the Boeing 787.

According to the Wall Street Journal, there are five Boeing 787's already in the air conducting test flights.

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