Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight 278
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from the million-lines-of-code-on-the-wing dept.
from the million-lines-of-code-on-the-wing dept.
Bordgious and a number of other readers sent word of the 787 Dreamliner's first flight after two years of delays. The four-hour test kicks off nine months of airborne testing. Aviation Week has video of the test flight and a timeline of the 787's development. Here is the flight path. 840 of the planes are on order now, down from a high of 910, as some customers canceled orders due to the delays.
Re:Yawn. (Score:4, Funny)
Now excuse me, for I must send this package via gyrocopter to the Prussian Embassy in Siam.
Re:And the wings might not even fall off in flight (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yawn. (Score:4, Funny)
A big, really nice plane. Will wonders never cease? Oh yeah, FP.
Cynical Slashdot nerd is not impressed, set faces on stun.
Indeed, Aluminum sucks (Score:5, Funny)
Even just crossing the atlantic, it lost an "I"
Re:Yawn. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yawn. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yawn. (Score:1, Funny)
The lesson is that it is spelled "L-E-S-S-O-N"
I think I'll pass... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And the wings might not even fall off in flight (Score:5, Funny)
I think you mean "leaves the ground". The FAA don't require any tests before planes leave the air, that happens naturally.
Re:And the wings might not even fall off in flight (Score:5, Funny)
Might as well close Slashdot.
Re:Yawn. (Score:3, Funny)
Any barrel rolls?
Re:And the wings might not even fall off in flight (Score:3, Funny)
But I have no where else to go.
Re:Yawn. (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing. I'm amazed that we can make these monkeys wait in long lines, take their shoes off and subject themselves to numerous other forms of abuse for the chance to do so.
I'd have expected the feces-flinging to have started long before we reached this point.
Re:Visit the plant in Everett. (Score:1, Funny)
Bad Asperger's day, huh?
Re:I think I'll pass... (Score:3, Funny)
Fowl weather terminated the flight plan early.
Ah, that explains why they landed in Lake Washington.
Re:Visit the plant in Everett. (Score:3, Funny)
I'll come visit once you're done.
Oh yeah? Prove it.
Ahh that's fun.
Re:LOL. (Score:3, Funny)
Airbus can bet whatever they want, because they won't have to deal with bankruptcy or even losses. The governments of Europe finance them.
Oh, please, let's not pretend the US government does not subsidize Boeing through contracts that only Boeing is allowed to bid for.
Re:I think I'll pass... (Score:3, Funny)
There's nothing like a good pun. And that, sir, is nothing like one.
Re:I think I'll pass... (Score:3, Funny)