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Post by Mark O on Dec 15, 2009 11:40:30 GMT 9
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Dec 15, 2009 12:50:42 GMT 9
well...I sure didn't know that ..but the guy your refering too is the copilot...Mike Carrickar is the pilot in command for the first flight...
as for when it's scheduled for ff...she's scheduled for tomorrow at 10am at paine field in Everett, wa.
I'll be there I hope...the weather conditions have to be perfect...no rain..no winds....no standing water....
we've had a jump in cert issues to get done before the end of the yr.....so...been really busy and couldn't get on here to post anything.....
the high speed taxi went well....they actually lifted the nose wheel off the runway for about 150 ft......we got the experiemental ticket the other day so we're cleared to start flight testing....
Steve
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Post by Mark O on Dec 15, 2009 13:24:15 GMT 9
but the guy your refering too is the copilot Yea, I know that. That's why I said "one of the ... pilots" Mark |
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Post by pat perry on Dec 15, 2009 22:42:32 GMT 9
well...I sure didn't know that ..but the guy your refering too is the copilot...Mike Carrickar is the pilot in command for the first flight... as for when it's scheduled for ff...she's scheduled for tomorrow at 10am at paine field in Everett, wa. I'll be there I hope...the weather conditions have to be perfect...no rain..no winds....no standing water.... we've had a jump in cert issues to get done before the end of the yr.....so...been really busy and couldn't get on here to post anything..... the high speed taxi went well....they actually lifted the nose wheel off the runway for about 150 ft......we got the experiemental ticket the other day so we're cleared to start flight testing.... Steve Hi Steve, I was at the Boeing plant in Everett in July 2008. Took the tour and saw the Big Hangar and Visitors Center. The 787 was in bare skin at the time and there were hundreds of people sitting at tables on either side using lap top computers. That's one of the best tours I've ever been on. It's hard to describe how big that hangar is but they gave us a neat little booklet that said the floor under roof was 98.3 acres and each of the doors were almost as large as a football field (87x300 ft and 87x350 ft). They were building the 747, 777, 767 and 787 at the time and I believe they said the assembly lines move at just over one inch per hour. It just amazes me how you guys can get several million parts to fly in close formation like that! www.boeing.com/commercial/tours/index.htmlPat P. :patriotic-flagwaver |
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Dec 15, 2009 23:10:42 GMT 9
Pat
I wished I'da known you were out here at the time...coulda got you the tour and met you to give you some insite from my prospective....plus given you more info than the tour does...
but glad you enjoyed it...the plant is the largest manufacturing building in the world and would hold all of disney inside...the plant actually makes it's own weather inside....we can control it with the doors.....the plant is making the models you mentioned but the 787 is the only airplane that is flown in in major parts and assembled here...the 777 is brought in on rail and assembled from pieces...the 767 and 747 is pretty much built here and assembled here....the new 747-8 wings are so long that they will just barely fit inside the factory as they move her from the final assembly to one of the offset bays for installation and testing....
just a few facts I coulda mentioned too you....my offer to anyone here is if you manage to make it out here...let me know and I'll meet you for a beer/soda and take the tour with you.....
Steve
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Dec 16, 2009 1:47:44 GMT 9
:  This is way to funny. When I first read the title here I thought, "787. Holy crap it's still around and flight worthy?" ;D AJ |
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Post by Bullhunter on Dec 16, 2009 2:36:54 GMT 9
Its going to be great to see that Boeing jet flying around Puget Sound. Boeing needs that jet off the ground so they can start filling orders.
It will be good for the compay, the state, and the nation.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Dec 16, 2009 8:30:58 GMT 9
I'm sure the test pilots of the 787 won't even think of doing what Tex Johnson did when he flew the 707. He rolled it. He said it was supposed to be capable of a full 360 degree roll, so he did it. www.airlinereporter.com/?p=2074Jim Too :god_bless_usa |
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Post by Tom Dlugosh on Dec 16, 2009 8:35:47 GMT 9
I watched the take-off and climb out on TV (CNBC) and it looked Ho-Hum (which is exactly the way it's supposed to look), but I imagine it was very exciting for all those watching on the ground who put soooo many hours into getting it to this point.
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Post by lindel on Dec 17, 2009 10:10:04 GMT 9
 This is way to funny. When I first read the title here I thought, "787. Holy crap it's still around and flight worthy?" ;D AJ That's EXACTLY what I thought! My next thought was, I've got to be there! It is still around, don't know about flight worthy tho. It lives in Dayton, at the AF museum. |
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Post by oswald on Dec 18, 2009 4:02:37 GMT 9
Ithink it was about 14 years ago when I saw the 707 (history of) on "Wings". It was kind of funny to me that he just thought why not.
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Dec 18, 2009 5:59:08 GMT 9
Tex was one of the best...no doubt about it....he decided at the last minute to roll the 707 at Seafair days in seattle over lake washington ...bill boeing about blew a gasket and tex's comment was...."hey..I pulled a 1 G barrel roll and didn't even spill my coffee"...so don't sweat it bill...of course bill boeing said...ok....but don't ever do that again with my airplane!!.... Tex Johnson was a pilots pilot....very technical but big huge brass ones dangling between his legs....we have a giant picture hanging on a wall in the other building of him and his co-pilot in the cockpit of the first B52a production airplane...just something about that pic that always makes me smile!!..... I was told by one of the old timers that worked on the 707 that the wings were so strong..you could lift it up by the wingtips....and it would hold!!!.....seeing how their still flying over 50 yrs later...I believe him....  Steve |
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This is way to funny. When I first read the title here I thought, "787. Holy crap it's still around and flight worthy?" ;D
