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The Dreamliner's first flight; Reports from the scene

By | December 15, 2009, 12:04pm PST

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RE: The Dreamliner's first flight; Reports from the scene
dsfwrryd25-24353595128046844980821757068591 5th Nov
jfvibo,good post!
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HUZZAH!!!
Fark 15th Dec 2009
Good job, Boeing...

Now make delivery and get paid!!!
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Staff
You sound like a shareholder
Larry Dignan 15th Dec 2009
but it is nice to see this thing fly
ANyone else notice that the plane being loaded is a 747, not the 787?
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Good catch !
mKind 15th Dec 2009
Thats right ! Good catch.

So they loaded a 748 and then took off in a 787 happy
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Re: Good catch !
mKind 15th Dec 2009
I mean "So they loaded a 747 and then took off in a 787"
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Dreamliner just by name
wackoae 15th Dec 2009
More like the Super-Lateliner with no buyer.

100% of the buyers dropped out and instead purchased Airbuses. Boeing is late to the game.

Unfortunately, the "Dreamliner" is late to the game and out during a world recession. I will be surprised if 10 of them actually make it to a commercial flight.
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As of the end of September
msalzberg 15th Dec 2009
Boeing had 840 firm orders for the 787. United ordered 25 of them just
last week.
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nt
Take a listen to http://www.newairplane.com/multimedia/#/51 about 60-70% of the way thru. Damon Michaels found it! Someone onboard saying "uh-oh"!! Wonder what happened??!!
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Pen?
Kansan52 16th Dec 2009
They dropped a pen?
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RE: The Dreamliner's first flight; Reports from the scene
dsfwrryd25-24353595128046844980821757068591 5th Nov
jfvibo,good post!

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