First flight Boeing 787 15 dec. ??

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Nice sound!
Can't wait to see that IMAX video they are shooting of this aircraft!
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DG AIR wrote:What a beautiful aircraft. Is it normal that the landing gear not is retracted during testflight? It went into the clouds with the gear deployed.

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That's a rather regular procedure. :wink:
Imagine what would happen if the landing gear was retracted but would refuse to extend again during this VERY public first flight... :oops:
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not sure bout the fuselage looks, but the wing flex is impressive!
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Stratofreighter:

Thanks. Just curious, never seen a fist flight and don't know the procedures.

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Good PR for the Boeing guys; impressive livestream, nice flight tracker... the works! But, most important of all, a beautiful bird up where she belongs... Finally! :angel:
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Wow!!!!

What an impressive experience!
I can't wait to see the first military 787 :lol:

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Flightaware shows the current location of the plane. It should arrive at 1AM our (Amsterdam) time.

For those interested: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxg08M76RfA[/youtube]
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Nice aircraft!
Although the two chase planes were also very nice..... :D
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Estimated Time of Arrival is now set on 21.22z (so 22.22 Dutch Time)

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nice spagetti!

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It just landed!
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fantastic landing dispite the wheater......
streaming was not great but as I understad there were over 300.000 people watching...

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Stratofreighter wrote:
DG AIR wrote:What a beautiful aircraft. Is it normal that the landing gear not is retracted during testflight? It went into the clouds with the gear deployed.

gr.

Ger
That's a rather regular procedure. :wink:
Imagine what would happen if the landing gear was retracted but would refuse to extend again during this VERY public first flight... :oops:
Not entirely true, gear is probably retracted at a more safe altitude (for that we have to wait untill the air2air footage) just like with the A400M, A380 as the most recent major maiden flights.

Some examples:

First flight 757:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRar2YONKfk[/youtube]
as you can see in the video the gear remains down for a longer period as normal, but later on in the video it's retracted.

First Flight A380:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSfPp9a9HcI[/youtube]
From 00:45

First Flight A400M:
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I haven't come up with this all by myself, read also a lot on atcbox.com on the "gear-down-issue"
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