7E7 now known as the B787

[West Coast]

"Everyone still thinks it's a DC9"

If the term "everyone" encompasses non pilots then yes...

[Caslance]

So: it looks like a DC9; it was designed by McDonnell-Douglas as a DC9-30 for the 21st century; it was built at Long Beach on the same production line as the DC9/MD80/MD90; and it's not a DC9 - it's a Boeing.

Amazing.....