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more about #787 more comments → FunkyJ: I predict the Boeing 787 dreamliner will crash by last quarter 2010 as they rush the plane out to meet media expectations. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Well, either it will work and Boeing has a new technology lead over Airbus in building/designing efficient aircraft. Or, it doesn't and the company f... more » Skunky: As someone who works in QA, I'm more than happy to cut anyone some slack for a delay caused by needing to improve design based on test failures. This ... more » anexanhume: These are the perils of your subcontractors having subcontractors. Systems integration with that level of dependency is going to have problems. more » reddingofish: Go ahead and blame the Italians. more » AceKolles: I've worked on the diagonal braces for the 787. 25ft long carbon fiber tubes with titanium end fittings. I can assure you that the amount of research,... more » strider_mt2k: THIS is the time to work this stuff out. Delays hurt THEM, but fixing problems that could potentially make you fall down and go dead helps US in the ... more » kuriakos: Shouldn't Boeing get some credit for building the airplane of the future rather than simply trying to supersize existing designs like that Franco-Germ... more » MadMacs: I am one of the individuals that have actually worked on the 787 in South Carolina. Although I am not an expert in composites I do believe the wrinkl... more » aerospaceman: I can't see any parallel that you can draw to the spruce goose. First of all, that aircraft actually flew in prototype form and the reason it was neve... more » Brett Tabor: none of the airlines that ordered the plane can afford to pay for it this year anyway. all is fine... more » Serolf Divad: "affect" But seriously... shit... can't we do anything right in this country any more? We're fucking uo so badly you wonder how we ever got to where ... more » Digitallysick: I hope they take their time, I don't care if its another 6 years or so to get it. Id rather it be safe as possible more » Hi, I'm God: When I make my first 100 Billion... this shall be my personal jet. more » Jeb_Hoge: That's the problem with being advanced and trying to do things in a new way. Sometimes they don't work out quite right when they're expected to. And i... more » -
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Boeing Swears Dreamliner Will Fly This Year, Really
Do you know that sinking feeling when people tell you they are going to do something again and again and again—and then once more—but they never, ever do it? That's what I'm feeling right now with the Dreamliner: More » -
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The Boeing Dreamliner 787 Could Be the Next Spruce Goose
The headline takes certain exaggerated liberties, sure, I admit that, but nevertheless today marks the second time in two months that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been delayed due to structural failures during the testing process. More » -
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Seriously, Is the Boeing Dreamliner EVER Going to Fly?
We've been following the progress of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for a long, loooooooooong time, so we're excited that it's finally ready to—oh, wait is that wing coming apart? More » -
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The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
Unlike the delayed Dreamliner, the new 747 Intercontinental—based on the 747-8 Freighter—is right on schedule at 25% of its design phase. Its interior is inspired by the Dreamliner—orgy room included, I can only hope. More » -
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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again
Boeing's next-gen all-composite airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, has taken another hit to its production schedule which has set the project as a whole two years behind. -
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First Photos of Complete Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner left the assembly yard Tuesday evening. The mid-sized, twin engine commercial jetliner is due to see the skies in May 2008. And aviation enthusiast Charles Conklin managed to snap some pictures of the plane. UPDATE: There are some more great shots out there, hop on over to Flightblogger to see 'em. More »
