Leading edge flaps on the Dreamliner

[Flybiker7000]

I coincidentally noticed that the Boeing 787 have additional leading edge flaps.
As i never have noticed this on passenger aircrafts before I have to ask: Is this a first occurence in the branch?

[DaveReidUK]

Most jet airliners since the first 707s have had Krueger flaps.

[Flybiker7000]

Shame on me who as a tech buff haven't noticed those on any of the wings I've sitting looking at during departures and landings :-(

[joy ride]

Don't feel too bad about it, all of us sometimes fail to notice something which is obvious to others!

[DaveReidUK]

If it's any consolation, they aren't easy to see when you're looking down on the wing from above/behind it:

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Some have slats instead. Trident 1 even had 'droops' (ooh err Mrs!).

[DH106]

Some airliners have a mixture of both - 727/737.
The A380 has droop LE + slats.