Boeing Unveils New, High-Tech Airliner

V0A ^ | 08 July 2007

[3AngelaD]

The U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing has unveiled its latest airliner model with great fanfare, and great focus on technological advances in its construction. At a ceremony at a company hangar in the state of Washington Sunday afternoon, some 15,000 guests saw Boeing's 787 Dreamliner for the first time.

Boeing says the new airliner will use 20 percent less fuel than other similarly sized planes because of the carbon composite material used in its airframe. An airplane made of composites weighs less than a metal plane, and requires less fuel to do the same job. The 787 has not yet left the ground. It is expected to make its first flight later this year - and to go into airline service next year.

Boeing, which is in competition with the European manufacturer Airbus, already has 677 orders for the Dreamliner. The company says the Dreamliner is the company's most successful new model to date.

The 787 is designed to make long-haul flights with a seating capacity between 210 and 330.

[Moonman62]

The wings look organic to me.

[eraser2005]

Speaking of wing flapping, some engineers at Boeing believe you could bend the wings far enough that you could touch the wingtips together above the fuselage without breaking the wings.

I wouldn’t want to see that on any plane I was in, though. :)

[clippedwing]

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Thanks!

[BubbaJunebug]

Carbon fiber already makes up part of the 777 that has already been flying. Horizontal/Vertical tail, about 9-10% of the total 777 gross weight

[Jorge]

Carbon fiber already makes up part of the 777 that has already been flying.

Yes and I beleive they recently did the first 10+ year inspection of a 777, completely disassembled, and found the carbon composites including floor supports to all be in pristine condition.

[null and void]

The blended winglets give the wings a graceful look.

[null and void]

I wouldn’t tease him.

He looks like he’s in a vowel mood...

[Yossarian]

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[null and void]

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[InterceptPoint]

Please tell me how to post a pic. Not getting any clues from the help page.

You just need to know a little HTML. Here is the code:

img src="www.someplaceontheInternet.com/somepicture.jpg"

You need to add a < in front of img and a > after .jpg" to make it work. I had to leave them off here to get the code to print out as text.

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[Rummenigge]

That’s not much in comparison to a whole composite plane I’d say.

[skeptoid]

Thin wings!

Boeing workers admire the 787 Dreamliner during its debut Sunday in Everett.
A lot of work remains to get the new jet off the ground, including the installation
of many systems that weren't on board Sunday. ...(Charles Conklin photo)

Grant M. Haller/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Grant M. Haller/Seattle Post-Intelligencer

More at the P I Click the 'see photos ...' link.

[ol' hoghead]

That’s not much in comparison to a whole composite plane I’d say.

It was the state of the art at the time.

[Rummenigge]

Sure - I remember that everyone said - now that’s the death of good ol’ metal constructions.

And agains deadsaid lived longer then expected.

It’s not so easy to design a whole aircraft in carbon. Maintainability is a key issue. Seems like boeing leaped a long distance - did they take a risk ? No leap without a risk.