June 15, 200916 yr At the Paris Air Show Scott Carson, president and chief executive of Boeing's commercial aircraft division said this:"If you were expecting the 787 to fly during the air show you will be disappointed, If it had happened during the air show it would have been great, but It was never our intention." "The airplane will fly when it is completely ready." (emphasis added)I guess the "we'll release the plane when it's ready" phrase is not only a flight simulator developers' mantra!He, he.Gianluca
June 15, 200916 yr "The airplane will fly when it is completely ready." (emphasis added)ROFL. What!?! Who needs flaps, avionics, windows and tires. Fire that sucker up and get it off the ground. :( Thaellar
June 15, 200916 yr The aircraft is far ahead of its time. It will be delayed until it catches up... Cheers Heiko i920 D0 @ 4.2 Ghz water cooled | 200x21 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R | G.Skill 6GB F3-16000CL9 @ 2000 MHz 9-9-9-24 1T (1.60v) | 2x Intel X25-M G2 160 GB SSD, 2x Raptor 150, 1x WD 2500 KS 16 MB S-ATA2 | Tagan 1100 | EVGA GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW @ 865/1729/2000 -> 59 C | 24" Benq FP241 6ms LCD @ 1920x1200x32, 2 x 19" Samsung 970P 6ms LCD @ 1280x1024x32 | Sound - Xonar Essence ST, Fatality HS-1000 headset | Saitek X52 Pro | Win7 Ultimate 64 | SuperPi 1M - 9.6 sec
June 15, 200916 yr I've heard airlines can ask a refund before 30 days.Is that right? :( - PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D // Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO // 2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 // ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600 // Corsair 1600W PSU Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor. - Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7.
June 15, 200916 yr According to the latest news from Boeing, the Aircraft will be delayed for an undetermined lenght of time due to engineering and design problems. Not to even mention the new plastic airplane has some recently found problems with the wing box. The fixes to the wing box have increased the overall dry weight of the aircraft over 10,000 lbs. (according to Boeing's news release) and many orders are being cancelled by the Europeans including S7 the second largest airline in Russia. This is only todays news but things may change tomorrow. Do you want to be on the first flight? If you want to fly on this aircraft then you better download one and fly on the computer first, after all we do have a reset button don't we?? fisheye
June 16, 200916 yr According to the latest news from Boeing, the Aircraft will be delayed for an undetermined lenght of time due to engineering and design problems. Not to even mention the new plastic airplane has some recently found problems with the wing box. The fixes to the wing box have increased the overall dry weight of the aircraft over 10,000 lbs. (according to Boeing's news release) and many orders are being cancelled by the Europeans including S7 the second largest airline in Russia. This is only todays news but things may change tomorrow. Do you want to be on the first flight? If you want to fly on this aircraft then you better download one and fly on the computer first, after all we do have a reset button don't we?? fisheyeIf people are brave enough to fly the A380 white elephant, be sure they will have no issues with 787, plastic or no composite.
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