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Air show 787
Do you think this was really hazardous or just that the competition wasn't prepared to do it also? (banned at the Farnborough airshow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRKm6PG918
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Pretty awesome! That ain't workin' and buy me a ticket with that guy in front!
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I don't know if it was 'hazardous' but put me in the "WOW" column too!
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Wow!
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I want one!
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That's some serious AOA right there!
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Looks like an incredibly skilled pilot/crew who know the machine very well. Didn't look dangerous to me.
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Eddie Allen did a slow roll over the Gold Cup race on Lake Washington in a 707 back in the 50s. Rumor has it that it sold a lot of airplanes.
He practiced that far away from prying eyes. A 1G roll would not spill a drop of water from a full to the brim glass.....but it looked damn impresive. The CEO of Boeing was at the race (along with a half million other folks) & about **** a brick.
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The 787 has had me worried about Boeing. Seeing it roll along the runway there I'm thinking Wow, those engines are massive for that plane. ...and then that takeoff... Hooo-Leeee SHEET!
The hard banking with minimal wing flex... Excellent job, Boeing. Super cool UAV shots there, too.
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I just think about how much fuel that thing must be pumping to those engines. Like water thru a fire hose.
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That's a damn good looking airliner. Good job Boeing! Hope I get a ride on one soon...
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there is a video floating around , of the wing flex test in a hangar at Boeing. They pulled and pulled till the wings were at some ridiculous angle before one finally broke. Just amazing
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fwiw, on wing testing; the wings on the B52 could be flexed until touching each other and still not break.
...of course they won't go back to where they began, but still...
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You guys realize, of course, that that entire video is computer generated. Don't you?...
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Question. From a ground guy. As a pilot, is there a huge difference when you fly an empty jumbo jet versus one bringing back a load of tourist from Disney world? I mean loaded heavy. Typos and bad grammar sponsored by iPhone!
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Unlike the B-52 example where they deformed. Composites aren't very forgiving when pushed past the limit. It's catastrophic failure.
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Boeing breaks all their wings, composite or alloy. Ian |
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