ryzer
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stumbled across this via pistonheads today,
it made me smile, love it when big company's do silly things sometimes.
But this scrawl appearing over a map of the U.S. is in fact the flight path taken by Boeing's 787 Dreamliner during a test-flight.
The 18-hour flight saw the aircraft - said to be Boeing's most fuel-efficient - travelling more than 10,000 miles from Washington State to Iowa as it traced out 787 and the Boeing logo in the skies above the U.S.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2100489/Now-THATS-sky-drawing-Boeing-787-Dreamliner-maps-number-company-logo-10-000-mile-flight-U-S.html#ixzz1mah9laS6
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Ian
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That's incredible.
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noshua
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Bet that beat sitting for 7 hours flying to America in one direction
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ed
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He added that the flight path had been checked with air traffic control centres and the route avoided restricted airspace.
I bet they didn't and I doubt there's much restricted airspace at the altitude they were flying at, controlled on the other hand. /Pedantic.
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Rick Draper
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I bet they with the 747-800 was half as efficient as a passenger jet as the 787....
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sand-eel
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Bit of a waste of fuel really...any plane could do that with GPS.
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by ed
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He added that the flight path had been checked with air traffic control centres and the route avoided restricted airspace.
I bet they didn't and I doubt there's much restricted airspace at the altitude they were flying at, controlled on the other hand. /Pedantic.
The service ceiling is still 43,000ft, they would have been around the 40,000ft mark, this is still typical heights for short-range domestic aircraft like the 737. There are absolutely tonnes of air corridors around the area that 787 flew.
Going by the telemetery data, the flight cruising altitude varied between 37,000 and 41,000ft which is smack bam in the height for other cruising aircraft.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE236/history/20120209/2100Z/KBFI/KBFI
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by sand-eel
Bit of a waste of fuel really...any plane could do that with GPS.
It was actually a test flight, not just a bit of tomfoolery. They were running all sorts of diagnostics for a final shakedown of the ETOPS system. This is a planned procedure of running one engine at idle speed for extended periods of time and letting the other engine pick up the slack. It gains certification from the FAA to basically do the big hops across the pacific/atlantic etc etc.
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by Rick Draper
I bet they with the 747-800 was half as efficient as a passenger jet as the 787....
They actually did exactly the same thing with a 747-8 a few months ago http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE523/history/20110802/1330Z/KPAE/KPAE
From reports I read, it did exceedingly well. Remember that the 747-8 runs 4 at a lower thrust rating so slightly better fuel burn compared to the 787. It is still a big beast though, but the swept wing has always aided greatly to the 747's speed and economy. It's still a great design even in 2012 and with modern composites and design input, it is a real competitor to the A380.
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ed
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Originally posted by Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by ed
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He added that the flight path had been checked with air traffic control centres and the route avoided restricted airspace.
I bet they didn't and I doubt there's much restricted airspace at the altitude they were flying at, controlled on the other hand. /Pedantic.
The service ceiling is still 43,000ft, they would have been around the 40,000ft mark, this is still typical heights for short-range domestic aircraft like the 737. There are absolutely tonnes of air corridors around the area that 787 flew.
Going by the telemetery data, the flight cruising altitude varied between 37,000 and 41,000ft which is smack bam in the height for other cruising aircraft.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE236/history/20120209/2100Z/KBFI/KBFI
They would have been in Class A airspace, which is controlled no restricted. They would have filed a flightplan, which isn't asking for permission 
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Cybermonkey
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imagine lodging that flightplan with AirServices ROFL
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SetH
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ROFL @ the CS arm chair aviation experts.
I dont see what the Beef is and think its pretty cool myself but I am just a layman i guess and not a 1337 hax0r aviation analyst.
[Edited on 17-02-2012 by SetH]
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