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Boeing 787 Dreamliner roll out - July 8, 2007
Boeing Aircraft
corporation's newest commercial jetliner is due to roll out the hangar on 7/8/7
and will be broadcast
live.
Boeing's bet on the future of commercial airline
travel, its 787 Dreamliner, is due to be rolled out from its hangar for its
first public display on July 8, 2007, which using American convention of
mm/dd/yr makes it 7.8.7.
You can view the live ceremony here, starting at 3.30pm PDT (8.30am Melbourne time, Monday July 9)
This is one of the most anticipated of launches because unlike Airbus with its huge A380, Boeing has bet the world wants smaller aircraft with very long distance endurance capacities. Boeing has employed a team of psychologists to help with the plane's interior design and systems, to make passenger comfort a top priority.
You can view the live ceremony here, starting at 3.30pm PDT (8.30am Melbourne time, Monday July 9)
This is one of the most anticipated of launches because unlike Airbus with its huge A380, Boeing has bet the world wants smaller aircraft with very long distance endurance capacities. Boeing has employed a team of psychologists to help with the plane's interior design and systems, to make passenger comfort a top priority.
Later in the year, test flights will commence, and
the aircraft is expected to enter service with some 45 airlines (more than 580
aircraft pre-ordered) in 2008, making it one of the fastest completion dates
(from concept to delivery) in commercial aviation history. In the Australian
scene, orders for the B787 have been received from Qantas, Air New Zealand, and
Jetstar. VirginBlue missed the boat when it came to making early orders and
would have to wait until at least 2010 for a 787. It has ordered long distance
B777 types to fly between Australia and the US West coast sometime in the near
future.
Airbus has decided that the Dreamliner of Boeing needs some opposition in the 250-300 passenger domain, and has drawn up plans to compete using the yet to be commenced A350. First deliveries are anticipated for 2013, some five years after the Dreamliner, and some 200 models have been pre-ordered.
In time, we'll know who made the wiser choice of aircraft types when the medium-sector aircraft replacements for the ageing fleets of Boeing 767 and Airbus 300 series enter service.
Airbus has decided that the Dreamliner of Boeing needs some opposition in the 250-300 passenger domain, and has drawn up plans to compete using the yet to be commenced A350. First deliveries are anticipated for 2013, some five years after the Dreamliner, and some 200 models have been pre-ordered.
In time, we'll know who made the wiser choice of aircraft types when the medium-sector aircraft replacements for the ageing fleets of Boeing 767 and Airbus 300 series enter service.
Posted: Sunday - July 08, 2007 at 12:59 PM |