787-9 First Flight Today

[tdracer]

Weather is a bit overcast and dreary, but the first flight of the Boeing 787-9 is still scheduled to occur today.

Webcast should be starting momentarily - access via www.boeing.com

[Capetonian]

Delayed to 1030PDT/1720Z.

[tdracer]

Aircraft is taxing out right now (webcast is alive).

[Kiskaloo]

And she's up.

[captplaystation]

Hope the little Sister has taken care of all the teething troubles, & that this one has a smoother introduction to service.

[tdracer]

Hope the little Sister has taken care of all the teething troubles, & that this one has a smoother introduction to service

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The development portion of the -9 has certainly been smoother than the -8. Boeing also pulled items that were outsourced on the -8 back in-house for the -9.

[Tray Surfer]

As someone who works on the 787, I have to say, rapidly becoming my favourite aircraft. Looking forward to getting the -9 and -10 into the fleet in the coming years.

[olasek]

Boeing's shares hit the highest price ever on the stock market today - $117. That's about 60% higher than in mid January when 787 was grounded.

[Sunnyjohn]

That is one beautiful airplane - the nearest to a bird so far!

[underfire]

Wondering on the 9, all I have heard about is orders for the 10.

[tdracer]

Wondering on the 9, all I have heard about is orders for the 10.

Current order book is:
787-8 - 498
787-9 - 388
787-10 - 50

[deSitter]

I love the 1948 vintage T-33 (P-80 trainer) chase planes - and they are not for show! They are working for a living.

[atakacs]

Is there a significant difference design wise vs. the 8, in particular regarding electrical systems ?

[olasek]

No, no need for "significant".

[LLuCCiFeR]

Nice landing too: float float float...

Oh well, nothing burned so I guess it's a great success!

[LLuCCiFeR]

p.s. amazing again how a probably in the eyes of a Mod 'irrelevant' earlier comment about the floater was removed, but all totally irrelevant POSITIVE comments (like the one about the share price and the number of orders) stay.

I wonder if the NSA does the moderating around here.

[denachtenmai]

I wonder if the NSA does the moderating around here.

Just noticed that a post of mine was deleted as well, wonder if the mods are Boeing employees