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First Flight of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

1 decade 4 years 5 months 1 week ago

It flies! 2 years late, but finally the new Dreamliner, which according to Boeing will again revolutionize air travel, had its first flight today, Dec 15 2009.

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Moving this video to therealblankman's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Yogi

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Why don't they pull up the landing gear?

SFOGuy

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We don't see the entire test flight; they could well have raised the gear later. If they didn't raise the gear even later, it's because Boeing might have been (quite reasonably) afraid that they might not be able to get them down again (new jet, test flight, novel electronics systems, huge commercial pressures, etc etc etc). Every test flight has a specific menu list of things that are supposed to get done and each of those things gets done in sequence. You'll also notice the two chase planes that followed it to the horizon, watching for leaks, loose panels, anything that could threaten the test flight and safe return of the aircraft. And after all, it's not like the 787 has ejector seats---and, every time Boeing develops a new jetliner, it's betting the entire company's net worth. Prototypes can trash (see: Boeing B-17) So, slow and steady, nice and easy, careful as you can be.