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Old 18th Jul 2010, 21:01
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PAXboy
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Despite the 380 in the background, over the months the PR people have done a good job. You can see the media quoting, "This is the world's first composite aircraft" and here is a quote from the BBC story from the above link:
When it was first conceived, the Dreamliner was a revolutionary concept, but rivals have since done much to catch up.
Also, they picked a very good name for the machine, in order to get away from the 'jumbo' epithet that was foisted upon them and has now become as universal as Hoover, they sensibly choose a meaningless word but one that sounds like it might be nice.

Boeing's chief project engineer, Mike Sinnett, sensibly talks about the extra oxygen and moisture that will be available in the cabin. The journalist walking through the cabin admiring everything was at least reminding people that this was not how it would be fitted by an airline. They let him show off the electronic window screens which look a very bad idea to me. The individual buttons are obviously not working, as he 'pressed' the button on the window and both adjacent windows dimmed. So the CC will have the ability to override your dimmer button and enforce a blackout!
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