NEW 747-8 First Flight
 

Updated link:

Boeing's New Airplane

Here it is:

YouTube - 747-8 first flight

it has a list price of 1.5 BILLION????
holy mother of gawd

Well, who pays full sticker :)

That is one beee-utiful airplane.

Check out the pictures on this site - simply awesome:

Boeing's New Airplane

What has changed from the existing 747 models?

18 Wheeler!

1950's Lockheed chase plane, slow and reliable...

Oops on the acquisition... repeating something someone else said w/out thinking...

Lost some windows. Lol.

Go to the first posting link, click on the bottom center "747-8 Freighter First Flight Pages", click on "Desigh Highlights" just above the big picture near the top and follow the Menu. Lots of changes. Bigger, faster, lighter, larger payload, longer range. This will show the Airbus A380 what for. In the works is a proposal for the 747-8 to become the new Air Force One.

Also, Boeing did not acquire Lockheed Martin, Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas.

18 wheels and no waiting. I'm type-rated on the 747, and have 1500 hours in type/500 hours as captain.

I'm not surprised that 41 years after the first flight of the 747 that Boeing FINALLY extended the fuselage. The airplane in 1969 was WAY TOO BIG! Boeing knew this, so they designed it with the cockpit above the main floor so that it could have a huge nose door. Many cargo 747's have a nose that lifts up so that it can be loaded with cargo from the front- a big plus if a company needs to move a long section of pipe or a section of an oil well. Boeing was designing TWO airplanes when they did the 747: The 747 and the 2707. They used almost completely the same systems. The 2702 was the SST, or supersonic transport that was supposed to be able to cary 350 people from New York to London in a little over two hours. This monstrous 300 foot-long [70 feet longer than a 747] supersonic jet was supposed to take over all the long distance passenger work during the 1970's. Boeing had the idea that they would sell huge .84 mach 747's to the airlines...with the idea that if they bought these huge, oversized jets...that they could sell them to the cargo airlines in a few years when they bought SST's. Too large for the passenger fleets, the 747 was PERFECT for the cargo world. That is why it has its' "hump", with the cockpit on the second floor....so that when the SST's invaded the world...the 747 would still have some resale value, as opposed to the Lockheed L1011, the Airbus 300, and the [silly, stupid, poorly designed: I will never fly this pile of ****!] DC-10, which would certainly be obsolete.

Anyway, when you go through training to fly the 747, they tell you to BE CAREFULL. This thing DOES NOT respond to control-wheel inputs as you would expect an airplane the size of a middle school to do. This thing flies like an airplane MUCH smaller. Boeing control wheels are VERY heavy- probably twice as heavy as the steering wheel on my 928. But that is typical of airplanes as small as a Piper Seminole. The yoke on the 747 may be heavy, but it is very easy to roll this thing into a 55 degree bank turn- and they tell us to be careful when "racking it over", or rolling it quickly, because if you do...you can literally throw an engine off of the wing! The engine/pylon assembly weighs about 13,000 pounds, and if you really roll quick...and the stop the roll quick...it is possible for an engine pod assembly to be flung from the wing!

Other than that, the 747 is a DREAM to fly. It flies like a 727. It is WAY stable, and has none of the 727's touchy elevator. The 727 is more fun to fly [a 928 with wings-], but the 747 is better behaved.

N!

so this means we can get normy and joe to fly the damn thing,


fill it halfway full with cases of beer and dive gear,


and fill the other half with us pelicans and the last 20 years of playboy playmates


and.....................GE-SPLITTEN TO TAHITI!


when we leaving?...............I"M PACKED!

Lets modify this to "Joe will be happy to fly the jet with a professional crew" and Normy can come onboard when he stops drinking, sniffing, snorting or smoking whatever it is that gets him so wacked out for a good part of his posts here.

Prime example are his posts here: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/525754-home-schooling-advice.html

Sorry but after 38 years in the air, part of it flying for the Boeing factory flight department, am a bit picky about who I am going to be trusting my life to.

Glad to see the extensions and upgrades on the ship but they have made many changes to the original 747 series along the way. This one will be as successful or more so than the last versions. Glad to see it!

Tahiti is nice, so is Fiji. For diving would rather go further West and into the old WW2 battlefields for some interesting diving. Had a friend just return from diving in the Truk areas and he loved it.

Joe A
"If its aint Boeing, I aint going!"

joe ya ever get a gig going to the south pacific, name the battlefield, truk,new guinea.biak, luzon,bikini atoll...................I AM ALL OVER THAT! i will be yer STOW-AWAY!


i will melt my VISA/AMEX/CHEV-TEX cards into the ground and NOT GIVE A RATS ASS what it costs to go diving there.


has bean on my bucket list since i was 17 and certified! and that is NO POO! like NUMERO UNO on my bucket list!


i will scrub the plane,wax the plane,clean the poopers on the plane,fuel the plane,do the windows, check the tires, kick the tires,light the fires,serve drinks food in a freeking TU-TU to go there!


now will this new boeing DO BARREL ROLLS?

Some pics from a Boeing friend of mine:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1265830746.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1265830787.jpg

that simply is juan *****en aeroplane!


are the wheel wells heated yet for stow aways?


i used to eat my lunch(mosey on over from garrett flightline) at LAX, west side of runways on the beach and watch 747's(flying tigers and others) launch their fat asses off over the water.


now that was SOME HORSEYPOWER EL THRUSTO MAXIMUS!


IF IT AINT BOEING I AINT GOING!

HAHAHA!

I don't want him in the cabin with me. I'll keep my back against the wall and stay away from dark corners.

rjp

Chuck,

ANY airplane will do rolls. Just gotta know how to do them right. Now, after saying that I am not going to be the one to do it in a "whale" as they are just not made for that sort of activity.

If I want to go upside down I strap on a parachute and do it in a acro plane thats designed for it.

You are on for the Pacific dive. Last flight I had to Sydney we stopped in the Marshall's for fuel and overnight and loved it there. Need to go back...

Joe

Rc501
 

Fellas,

I have been working (RC501) 747-8 ship 0001 Flight test and 787 (ZA001) between Everett and Boeing field in Tukwila, WA. at the test flight facility. I preflighted 747-8 Sunday and prepared her for flight. I am assigned to 747-8F and will support the aircraft in Moses Lake and Palmdale.

I am currently a Flight test Engineer and flight crewman on 747-8 and 787. I run the ADAMS (Aircraft Data Acquisition and Monitoring system). Up here in Seattle for the last month and a few months to go until we get to Palmdale. Miss my 930 and Family..But I can tell you guys whats going on as long as its publishable...

Spent last year in Charleston, SC. on 787. The 747-8F is a beautiful bird and I work with some really professional guys...Commander Tom who flew her is a great guy too...Really glad I got this opportunity...

Keep in touch if your interested!

Bob...

Our paths have probably crossed on the 787. A lot, actually, I've been on the program a while. SmileWavy