A Look Inside the 787 Dreamliner

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXhTnF_YkU

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787#Variants

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See How Boeing Is Piecing Together Its New Stretch Dreamliner

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/09.../?viewall=true

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787 Enables faster direct international travel

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/01/787...rnational.html

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The Boeing 747 is heading for retirement

Boeing's classic design made the 747 Queen of the Skies for decades. But as engineering and airline economics have moved on, this 70s superstar has become a thing of the past. Stephen Bayley says a fond farewell.

http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1360694/

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Yes the 747 was the staple of long haul flights for ages. I remember my first trip in a 747 - I had a seat right up front on the lower deck - felt strange with no cockpit in sight.

I've been on many 777s but yet to fly on the 787.

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Two planes that changed the world

The DC-3 The Plane That Changed The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQDVLOVWu8

Jumbo - The Plane that Changed the World (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0BVOK-Qnc

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With No Airbus A380 Sales at Dubai, It's the End of an Airliner Era

At this week’s Dubai Airshow, one of aviation’s most important annual events, it’s unlikely Airbus will ink any new sales of its A380 superjumbo jet, the company tells the BBC. Though Airbus (EADSY) has downplayed the disappointment, this news represents a continuing downward trend for a the world’s largest passenger airliner, which was once hailed as the future of aviation—and a fundamental shift in the way we fly.

Read the rest:
http://fortune.com/2015/11/10/with-n...ortune&ref=yfp

[edward301]

Flew on the Dreamliner recently from
Austin, TX to London. Great plane, great
flight, return flight good also. British Airways
has the direct flight. 9 hours over, 9.75
back.

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Legendary 747 designer Sutter dies age 95

http://atwonline.com/people/legendar...er-dies-age-95

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I remember taking some of my family to the airport in the late 1960's and seeing them get on the 747. Freakin scary!

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Last 747 rolls off assembly line
December 9, 2022
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Boeing earlier this week completed assembly of its very last 747 airplane, the 1,574th such plane built in the past half century.
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Still in its iridescent green protective coating, the giant aircraft was towed out of the widebody aircraft factory in a low-key exercise without any fanfare. Once the 747 has been cleared, it will be flown to another Boeing facility where it will be painted in the Atlas Air livery in anticipation of final delivery to the customer next year.

The 747 was born out of a failed bid by Boeing to market a large jet transporter to the US military in the 1960s. That contract for what became the C-5A Galaxy eventually went to Lockheed, but Boeing was convinced that its basic design, with its high-bypass turbofan engine, could be reworked for the civilian market, which was booming at the time.

On January 9, 1969, the first 747 prototype took to the skies over Washington state. It was a staggering 225 feet (68.5 m) long, had a wing area larger than a basketball court, and the tail was as high as a six-story building.

Without question the 747 was one of the safest and well designed airplanes ever built. It was years after that first flight before one was involved in an accident, and that was not due to a failure of the plane itself. It also flew like a dream, its large size making it look like it was lumbering slowly in the air. Its retirement is almost entirely related to fuel cost-savings, since the 747 has four engines and thus more fuel than more modern planes.

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-th...assembly-line/


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End of an era as last Boeing 747 "Jumbo Jet" leaves factory
December 08, 2022
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The last Boeing 747 left the company’s widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023
Boeing/Paul Weatherman

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https://newatlas.com/aircraft/last-j...ory/#gallery:1

An era of aviation history has come to an end after 54 years. On Tuesday, the last 747 Jumbo Jet rolled off the production line at Boeing's Everett, Washington, facility. Built for Atlas Air, the 747-8 freighter is the last of 1,574 of the aircraft that earned the nickname "Queen of the Skies."

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/last-j...eaves-factory/


Accidents with Boeing 747s
https://www.boeing-747.com/accidents_with_boeing_747s/

Boeing 747
Everything you wanted to know about the Boeing 747, history, pictures and news
https://www.boeing-747.com/

Favorite giant airplane project
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr...project.31989/

Secret Early Aircraft Projects
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/for...t-projects.21/

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