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  1. Outdated sad old pensioners,,,good for the nostalgy... I can understand.it ...but not for me....I look better forward.... ( OK.. to be honest... when I was young even then, they were more noise for me, than music.....up to me... many others like this noise nuisance... up to them...

    Gabor, go listen to Justin Beiber then.

  2. SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Saturday afternoon rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to launch customer All Nippon Airways , decked out with the blue and white colors of the Japanese airline.

     

    Boeing presented the plane to ANA executives and crew under clear skies at its Everett factory north of Seattle. The first domestic flights are set to start in Japan in September.

     

    "The plane is being certified to the highest FAA standards," said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager, 787 program. "But the real focus of the traveling public will likely be on customer satisfaction and the elegance of the flight."

     

    The 787 Dreamliner is a lightweight airplane that promises 20 percent greater fuel efficiency to operators than similarly sized planes. Boeing says as much as 50 percent of the primary structure will be made of composite materials instead of aluminum.

     

    Aviation experts expect Boeing to apply the technology to future airplanes.

     

    The interior of the first aircraft includes 264 seats -- 12 business and 252 economy -- with personal television sets, roomier seats, an automatic toilet with a wash function, more storage, an arched entry way with a beverage bar, dimmable windows and larger lavatories.

     

    Boeing, the world's second-largest plane maker after Airbus EADS , is about three years behind schedule in delivering the first 787 largely because of snags in the unusually complex global supply chain.

     

    The 787 is almost finished with flight tests and is set for delivery to ANA in September.

     

    Boeing has taken 827 orders for the Dreamliner, a record number for a Boeing plane still in development. ANA has ordered 55 Dreamliners. The planes list for about $200 million.

     

    Boeing is developing two versions of the Dreamliner. The first version, the 787-8, will carry 210 to 250 passengers on routes of 7,650 to 8,200 nautical miles. A second version, the 787-9, will carry 250 to 290 passengers on routes of 8,000 to 8,500 nautical miles.

     

    Boeing also has been talking about a third, larger variant, the 787-10, and says it is seeing strong airline interest in the plane.

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    Didn't you say it was going to fly in 2007? :clueless Try 4 years, if I remember you starting this topic, that Tom had to resurrect, after I had asked you to rename it. Anyway, now the meat and potatoes will now occur, and we shall see if the claims are true that it has "20 percent greater fuel efficiency to operators than similarly sized planes."

  3. Come on, How can you blame Boeing for a bunch of Union thugs asserting their muscle?

     

    Mango, the Unions in private industry don't have the muscle like the ones in the public sector. After all Boeing union members don't get 90 to 110% of their salaries in pensions when they retire, like some of my old county cohorts.

  4. No one left to blame, genius, :allright but those who orchestrated this disaster. You could place

    a good portion of the blame on the boy wonder from Boeing, now at Ford, who approved the

    cataclysmic worldwide supply and assembly chain for the 787.

    Had the the major components been designed, built and joined as they have with all previous Boeing

    aircraft, it probably would have been put in service with little to no delay.

     

     

    Here we go, now blaming Alan Mulaly, when he brought Ford back from the grave. Why don't you blame Harry Stonecipher, the exec that couldn't keep his dick in his pants, and his raunchy emails?

     

    Maybe Boeing should have given Alan the CEO position instead of McNearny.

  5. The continuing saga of the Nightmareliner delays must be costing Boeing big time.... especially after the latest saga of the incendiary electrical panels..... :hairout

     

     

     

    It's already hit Boeings share price. :clap1

     

    Looks like I'll have to vote against the Board of Directors again in 2011 for any of their recommendations on my 9 puny shares they gave me. :allright

  6. I don't think potential life threatening incidents are good news for anyone. That said, QANTAS suffered an identical incident on a 747-400 out of San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. :thumbup

     

    On a brighter note ...

     

    "Singapore-based aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation announced on Wednesday it had ordered 30 Airbus A320 medium-range airliners for delivery between 2012 and 2014.

     

    The company did not say how much it was paying, but the average price of the aircraft on January 30 was about 80 million dollars (57 million euros)."

     

    Good business for Airbus, and with the Chinese in Paris this week, there could be more to come. :P

     

    Just wait till they start falling off the 787. :clueless

  7. Well, at least with BigD banished to the virtual sensory deprivation suite, we won't have another "Boeing on Schedule to ....." thread to contend with. :nod

     

    What was that quote again? "On time and to budget"? :allright

     

     

    Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. He started a topic in the "silly topics section." Looks like like no one is paying any attention though.

     

    http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=49671

  8. It's called xenophobic protectionism. :beer

     

    "Todd Tiahrt, a Republican congressman from Kansas, said it was “outrageous to even consider outsourcing thousands of jobs to a foreign company” when the unemployment rate was close to 10 per cent.

     

    “We need an American tanker built by an American company with American workers,” said Mr Tiahrt."

     

     

    It would have been built with American workers in Alabama, hadn't Northrop bailed out of it. Boeing on the other hand is good at sending jobs abroad.

  9. Well, Hi all you guys,

    From what i read so far I gather that most of you are "Farang" that ome to visit Pattaya and enjoy the time spent here, and perhaps come back a few or more than a few more times. But would you ever consider living here on a permanent basis. Kinda retire in Pattaya???? ( although a lot of you may not consider yourselves as getting close to retirement age for at least a good few years at least!!! :unsure:

     

    Affinity One

     

     

    NO!

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