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| Thread ID: 105827 | 2009-12-15 21:58:00 | Boeing 787 first flight | fnphoto (2434) | PC World Chat |
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| 839970 | 2009-12-15 21:58:00 | I see the first flight was a success. It has just landed & you can watch the takeoff here: www.youtube.com ...amazing aircraft full of new technology. |
fnphoto (2434) | ||
| 839971 | 2009-12-15 22:14:00 | I was lucky enough to be given a 90 minute flight simulator flight in a 737-800 as a birthday present, which I took last week. Wow! Excellent fun! Flew in and out of Hong Kong (both airports), Queenstown and Sydney (where I did an instrument landing). Didn't crash anywhere, but had a few 'heavy landings'. There's a lot more to it than you would think, although I get the impression that the co-pilot has a much busier job than the pilot. Now saving up for my next one! Or maybe I will re-train and become a pilot :) - except I think IT pays more these days.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 839972 | 2009-12-15 22:18:00 | Thanks for the post :clap Two years late, but what the? Another milestone for Boeing. Although, I would have liked to have seen the test pilot do a barrel role as with the first 707 flight in 1955 :D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 839973 | 2009-12-15 23:22:00 | It's fast too - a flight vaguely scheduled to take around 5 hours was over in around 3. The pilot was probably too busy in his lantern-jawed, steely eyed, crooked smile (but straight teeth) role to play the barrel part. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 839974 | 2009-12-15 23:34:00 | I just hope the plastic and carbon fibre wings don't fall off in flight. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 839975 | 2009-12-16 00:39:00 | The pilot was probably too busy in his lantern-jawed, steely eyed, crooked smile (but straight teeth) role to play the barrel part. :lol: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 839976 | 2009-12-16 03:21:00 | I get the impression that the co-pilot has a much busier job than the pilot. On my last trip to Tauranga in those tiny wee planes I was close to the cockpit on one flight and right behind it on the second flight and noticed both times that the co-pilot appeared to be doing virtually all the work. It seemed like the pilot only came along for the ride. :lol: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 839977 | 2009-12-16 04:55:00 | Well that video footage was a bundle of laughs. | Greg (193) | ||
| 839978 | 2009-12-16 05:45:00 | The pilot was probably too busy in his lantern-jawed, steely eyed, crooked smile (but straight teeth) role to play the barrel part. So stereotypical of what the yanks like to portray,.. Very good R2. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 839979 | 2009-12-16 20:15:00 | So stereotypical of what the yanks like to portray,.. Very good R2. You guys do know I meant to say roll ... :crying |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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