787 Pics

[Hope777]

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/finally-we-have-daylight-photos-of-american-airlines-newest-airplane-the-boeing-787.html/

 

[700UW]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL9781

 

[Hope777]

Looks like 800AN is heading to Japan on a proving run...
 
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N800AN

 

[MCI transplant]

We've come a long way!

 

[topDawg]

Yes, i am from America and am proud of it.

FWIW the outsourcing of all the 787 work it is basically built in Asia/Europe and assembled in the US. Not much better than what Airbus is going to be doing with the 320s in MOB. 

 

[Hatu]

Boeing parks two American Airlines 787s in desert as it waits on delayed seat delivery

Boeing is reluctantly storing two new 787 Dreamliners in the California desert as it waits for French seat maker Zodiac Aerospace to catch up with delivery of its high-end seats.

“I think the key here is that the new seats have a lot more technology and cannot be made as fast as the rest of the aircraft.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2015/03/27/boeing-parks-two-american-airlines-787s-in-desert.html?ana=yahoo

 

[WorldTraveler]

what is the new technology that is in those seats?

some reports are saying that the front-back arrangement of the seats is the issue.

 

[dariencc]

Let's see an Airbus airframe hit the San Francisco sea wall and almost every one survives. Not going to happen in an Airbus fuselage with popsicle stringers.

 
 

At any rate, we can get into a limitless pissing contest over which airplanes survived what.  (I think an A320 did very well in the Hudson River.)  
 
The Airbus aircraft meet every engineering parameter required by the certification process.  You will never know if that had been an A330 in SFO whether there would have been the same result.  Unless you have at least a Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering (from other than DeVry Tech), your opinion on the integrity of airliners is just that.  Opinion.

 
AC's 320 held together pretty well considering.  Fuel tanks not breached and no fire.  Everyone got out.
 
Looks like nycbusdriver knew what he was talking about.  Just sayin'.
 
http://globalnews.ca/news/1910954/investigators-get-to-work-at-air-canada-plane-crash-site/

 

[texasreb]

AC's 320 held together pretty well considering.  Fuel tanks not breached and no fire.  Everyone got out.
 
Looks like nycbusdriver knew what he was talking about.  Just sayin'.
 
http://globalnews.ca/news/1910954/investigators-get-to-work-at-air-canada-plane-crash-site/

Landing in a river is a little different than crashing into a concrete seawall.

 

[dariencc]

Landing in a river is a little different than crashing into a concrete seawall.

 
AC is Air Canada.  They landed 1000 feet short of the runway.  Took out the localizer antenna and approach lights and the airplane did quite well under the circumstances. 
 
Bottom line:  You don't know what you are talking about.

 

[UPNAWAY]

The entire Airbus/Boeing debate is just silliness. They are virtualy identical in terms of quality, saftey and even who builds them and the OEM suppliers. A boeing is just as "American" as is an Airbus and a Boeing is just as "Foreign" as an Airbus too.

 

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

 
AC is Air Canada.  They landed 1000 feet short of the runway.  Took out the localizer antenna and approach lights and the airplane did quite well under the circumstances. 

 
I wonder why a certain poster hasn't commented yet as to whether the AC crew 'configured' the aircraft correctly for landing ... ... ...
 

 

[robbedagain]

shh Frugal   don't want to spoil a good debate without that one individual...

 

[dariencc]

 
I wonder why a certain poster hasn't commented yet as to whether the AC crew 'configured' the aircraft correctly for landing ... ... ...
 

 
Good question.  Perhaps he is busy trolling the passenger list to see if there are any impoverished Brazilian teens that he can volunteer to counsel.