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Originally Posted by Noah930 View Post
What's the doohickey trailing off the top of the tail fin?
Flight test instrumentation. Maybe a static trailing cone used for altitude and airspeed position error determination.

Here's another link with lots of info on the Dreamliner. Navigate around the tab selections. Check out the Multimedia 787 Podcast. Some cool stuff.

http://www.newairplane.com/

Last edited by abisel; 12-16-2009 at 05:06 PM..
Old 12-16-2009, 04:57 PM
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