Yeah that was really cool to see, awesome angle they had from the end of the runway right at rotation.

Grrr can't see a thing. Website wasnt displaying any fee, now it's dead altogether :(

Now that is what i call a fantastic takeoff look at that wingflex awesome just awesome Johan Ketting

Gear problem? Or are they testing strengths?

gear up is very rare on first moments of the flight time on a test especially the first minutes of the first flight.

That was beautiful!

Gear problem? Or are they testing strengths?

Gear is never retracted in first flights.Wonderful bird, want to see the landing.

Didn't see a thing :-( Anyone know what sort of FPS they're getting and will it work in FS9?

Didn't see a thing :-( Anyone know what sort of FPS they're getting and will it work in FS9?

hahahahahahahahahaha priceless

Gear is never retracted in first flights.Wonderful bird, want to see the landing.

Seriously? They mentioned it was posiibly going to be a 5-8hour flight, they do that with the gear down the whole time, haha. Wow.This is my first airliner viewing of a maiden flight so I'm clueless.

that was amazing :) cool shots, short takeoff - awesome wingflex. I'm impressed. A pitty i can't see her landing today (its 7:50 PM here). Hopefully i can see it tomorrow morning. All the best from AustriaAlex

Hey seems like we now have a a flying 787, maybe PMDG will start thinking about getting us one of them! :( Leo Soares

Seriously? They mentioned it was posiibly going to be a 5-8hour flight, they do that with the gear down the whole time, haha. Wow.This is my first airliner viewing of a maiden flight so I'm clueless.

6-8 hours !!! ????Seems too much for a first flight !!!They just want to test the basic and go back home.

The flight is scheduled to be 5 hours 44 minutes - they're getting right to conducting actual work, this wasn't just for show. Pretty sure the gear will come up, they made reference to testing all the flap configurations and then cleaning the plane up.

i heard in the livestream of approx. 5 hours (if conditions are good)

First flights are usually very short make-sure-it-takes-off-and-lands affairs, I think, and the gear is generally not raised. The long first flights with significant configuration changes are pretty new. The 777 did a pretty long first flight, but I think Boeing made a big deal about it at the time. More knowledgeable people can correct me, though.I have to say, the looks of that airplane are growing on me. The wings when she takes off....Charles