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Well, just returned home after an hour-long tour of the B787 Dream Machine 003 here at Brisbane airport.
To say the least, I was quite impressed. It looks a rugged machine from the outside, especially when I was expecting a sort of 'plasticy' looking thing!
During the internal tour, I checked out the very comfy seats, the electronically tinted windows, the large overhead lockers and oodles of headroom in the cabin.
Unfortunately, the pilots were acting as tour guides in the cabin areas, so I was not permitted entry into the flight deck, just a look thru the door (after all, I might touch something!)....with such a largish area, I couldn't see to much in detail (very unfortunate!), looks very modern, (to much so for me, but hey, that's another story) and, thank god, those control columns are still there (though the control systems are digital!)
Went right thru the cabin, looked in the crew rest area in the overhead above the last few rows of seating, very cosy!
Spent some 45 minutes wandering around the airplane exterior, taking pics of everything.
All in all a very nice/informative morning spent amongst a very pleasant tour crew.
EW73 :ok:
HappyBandit
26th May 2012, 08:13
Yeah I too was impressed but like you was annoyed that we couldn't go into cockpit. "Only pilots allowed to enter." Upon informing that we are infact pilots the guard requested to see licences and medicals. Didn't realise that we were going to obtain an endorsement on the day as well!:ugh:
schlong hauler
26th May 2012, 08:28
J* only want 4 788s configured with 300 seats and no premium class. Not a rumour but fact from J* management. Like buying a 500sel Benz and using it as a taxi on a saturday night in downtown Bogan ville!
bangbounceboeing
26th May 2012, 08:31
So when and how many are virgin going to order?
PoppaJo
26th May 2012, 09:24
Looked good in their colours I must say.
wheels_down
26th May 2012, 09:34
its already back in SYD. Parked on the GA apron. Heading down to Melbourne tommorow and will return back to Sydney later that day.
stevep64
26th May 2012, 09:35
Dominic, It left Brisbane about 2 hours before you posted, sorry.
So was this a fully decked out 787, as one news story reported, or was it the one full of instruments?
nitpicker330
26th May 2012, 11:30
So is it open for all Airline people to look at in Melbourne?
HAWK21M
26th May 2012, 12:00
Any pictures to share....
Hi stevep64........
This airplane, 003, was sort of "seated out", by that I mean the forward half of the cabin was fitted with seating, and the rear half had seats fitted in some places, with the remainder just spare open space (with no holes in the floor where instrumentation consoles may have been).
I spoke with the Captain (Heather) for some time, originally a USAF Flight Engineer, she was very knowledgeable and was quite happy to explain some of the systems that I enquired about, would have loved to have a lot more time chatting!!
What an absolutely great combination, a captain that has a systems background, unfortunately a dying breed I think!
For me, one of the more unusual systems, because of the pure electric systems design, is the wing de-ice system...because of the electrical heating system for the leading edges, there is considered to be no load on the engines when it's in use, unlike the conventional pneumatic systems we are all used to.
So, there are two separate ice detector probes mounted just under the nose (exactly like the one fitted to the Lockheed P3 airplanes, for those in the know!) that automatically selects wing de-ice on and off (when the wing de-ice system is selected to auto), and indicates it's operation, or if it's not in 'auto' it will indicate that you need to consider switching it on.
With this and many other questions, she certainly knew her stuff!
EW73
Shot Nancy
26th May 2012, 12:18
But does it have a heading bug that is always displayed?
cirrus32
27th May 2012, 05:17
watched it land on 34 at YMML at about 9:45 this morning - nice looking aeroplane - nice to see the flaps on the wing, rather than in assembly jigs where I usually see them!
smiling monkey
27th May 2012, 06:37
http://i45.tinypic.com/34t5xjd.jpg
chuboy
27th May 2012, 10:58
Links to pictures from the day.
Jetspotter.com • View topic - 787 visit (http://www.jetspotter.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13173&start=15)
zappalin
27th May 2012, 12:08
What's with the Virgin Australia 'welcome aboard' 787 billboard? Have they ordered some? I can't find anything about it.
None ordered yet, but Virgin is in talks with Boeing and Airbus for future fleet post 2016/ 2017. Should be an announcement late this year or early next.
Must say it looks good in the VA colours.
Wally Mk2
27th May 2012, 12:25
Saw the bird outside the old Tenix hanger in Melb then an hr or two latter we where dragging it off taxing Nth along B whilst it was on C in Syd heading for Dom 6.
Would liked to have taken a vid of it whilst taxing next to it with my Mob Ph but I don't work for J* :E
Didn't look that big actually but those engines looked like a couple of cut down DC9 fuses strapped under it's wings !:-) It's screaming out for a stretch like the Dugong is.
In a year or so we'll not give it a 2nd glance I guess, just another airframe:-)
Wmk2
ReverseFlight
27th May 2012, 16:35
Don't you love this journalist's report on the Dreamliner ... Qantas fires fare war salvo (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/qantas-fires-fare-war-salvo-20120526-1zbo7.html)
@ 1:28 into the video :
"... the cabin pressure is lower so there's more oxygen ...":confused:
aveng
28th May 2012, 00:55
Love the video - pilot trying to explain wing design to a fecking idjut! - priceless.
TOUCH-AND-GO
28th May 2012, 03:57
http://i48.tinypic.com/2uo75o5.jpg
http://s14.postimage.org/s13p9x7gt/533164_10150975692779400_753109399_11682662_1250.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/s13p9x7gt/)
Enjoy! :ok: T&G
Nose wheel first
28th May 2012, 11:00
Was that the front half of an E-Jet doctored up with QANTAS on the side towards the end of the video??? Wonder where they got that creative idea...?
Well guys, I've been trying for some time to get the photos into this site...I've got them all into Photobucket, but can get no further, any suggestions!
EW73
noclue
28th May 2012, 22:09
Yeah I thought that looked very E-jet like. More quality news reporting.
EW73, from your photo bucket account, copy and paste the images' image code directly into your post. [IMG]some bunch of computer language[IMG]
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The tour allowed me about an hour in and around the airplane...fantastic!
EW73