7E7 or 787

[c152pilot]

Hi,

Are Boeing planning on calling the 7E7, the 7E7 for ever or are they going to call it the 787, just like Airbus called the A380 the A3XX for a while?

[747FOCAL]

There is a lot of push to leave it the 7E7. :ok:

[mini]

Apparently, you can't copyright a number?? I wonder if this will have an influence?

7E7 is actually quite catchy, fits with the all new "type" of aircraft message Boeing are pushing.

Hope it works, they seem to have taken their eye off the ball in terms of pax craft lately.

[ETOPS773]

Will be the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner.

Looks like a nice plane,sensible progression on the 757/767 and I really hope it does well.ANA have ordered about 50 I believe,hope someone like Britannia here in the UK will buy it to replace their 757/767 fleet as I`d really love to travel on one.

[c152pilot]

Hi,

But is this where the 7Number7 pattern stops?

[steve_moate]

I'd have thought '787' was less likely to be mis-interpreted over the radio than '7E7' (737). ATC may get some confusion over this one.

:ooh:

[c152pilot]

Yer i agree, they should call it the 787 for that reason and because it is right to carry on the 7number7 pattern for at least two more aircraft!! :ok:

[Farrell]

I imagine they'll call it the Dreamliner for ident on the radio.

The way RJs do.... and Gulfstreams do.... and Tristars do......

[mini]

Until it arrives in the flesh and proves the marketing blurb it most definitely is a Dreamliner...

:suspect:

[SkySista]

Wasn't the deviation in 7#7, replacing with an E to highlight the aircraft's focus on efficiency?

Could follow up with letters, like BBA - bloody big aircraft, judging by what's rolling out these days... ;)

Sky

[Zoom]

mini

I think you can copyright a number, as Peugeot have done with the middle zero of their model range. This has caused the some other manufacturers to change their numbering, such as Porsche, whose 901 became the 911, I believe.

[Approach_plate]

I can remember a Boeing spokesperson saying at the launch of the 777 in europe that Boeing would not go any higher with their 7 numbering. Twas at Farborough I think

[747FOCAL]

With how things have been going the past few year it will prolly be called the "Dreamslpher".......:E :E :E

That would be short for "Stoneslobber" as we have all come to know her. :E :)

[Trislander]

Who cares?

If it is designated the 7E7 on the radio then I guess it would be referred to as the 'Sefen Echo Sefen' - no confusion with 737.

Tri :p

[Unwell_Raptor]

Peugeot used to have a copyright lock on a three number with a zero - for cars at least. That's why the definitive Porsche is a 911 rather than a 901.

Following the A3XX precedent Boeing have a couple of numbers to go yet.

[Onan the Clumsy]

But I thought they called it a Pentium because they couldn't copyright numbers, otherwise it'd've been a 80856

chip that is :8

[MAXRATE172]

i think...

boeing may want to distance itself from the old number system.

which is fine

i think the argument should be...

are they going to use a capital or lower case "E"

[uy707]

Already posted this in another forum, my idea
-Next July 15th Boeing will size the opportunity of celebrating the first 50 years of the 707, it's first civilian real success.
-By coming up with the 707, they jumped off from the 367 to the ...
-The 7 digit as final in type designators has been in use since at least 1933 starting with the 247. Exception confirming the rule is the 314 Yankee Clipper.
-On the other hand, Boeing wants showing it's litterally re-inventing itself, as it did with the 707.
-the front digit was regularely changed from 2 to today's 7
-the 707 introduced Boeing into the real world of air transport
-the 7E7 intends introducing a new age of air travel.
And now ladies and gentlemen , 50 years day to day after the 707 first flight, please welcome the BOEING 807

Alain