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"DATE:26/08/11 SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news 787 wins certification from FAA and EASA By Ghim-Lay Yeo Boeing has received certification for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), ahead of first delivery in a month's time. The FAA presented the type certificate and an amended production certificate that now includes the 787 to Boeing today at a ceremony at the airframer's Everett facility in Washington. Boeing also received the European type certificate from EASA. "Certification is a milestone that validates what we have promised the world since we started talking about this airplane. This airplane embodies the hopes and dreams of everyone fortunate enough to work on it. Their dreams are now coming true," said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh. Boeing will deliver the 787 to launch operator All Nippon Airways on 26 September, with a flight taking off from Everett on 27 September and arriving in Tokyo on 28 September. Boeing initially applied to the FAA for certification of the 787 on 28 March 2003, and launched the programme in April 2004. The aircraft made its first flight on 15 December 2009. FAA flight test crews have flown about 25% of the 4,645 flight hours accumulated by the six flight test aircraft since then, said the agency. FAA technical experts who were involved in the type certification have logged more than 200,000 hours."

Is that even if there haven't been any new posts to the topic since you last signed on (as it does now)?

The A380 has been "for sale" for the last 11 years. The first was delivered to Singapore Air 4 years ago this October. Since then they have delivered how many? Around 50 or 60? The first 777, the -200 series went into service in 1995, followed by the -200ER two years later and the -300 in 1998. Until recently the -200ER was the best seller of the 777 family. In the late '90s Boeing went through the 777 and "re-engineered" about 35% of the plane which included a new wing, engines, landing gear, etc., and announced, that is, made available for sale, the 777-300ER. This was done in March of 2000. So, it has been offered for sale as long as the A380, it went into service in 2004, with Air France, has sold 514 as of the end of July 2011 and 290 have been delivered, again as of the end of July. There have been 20 new 777 orders in just the last week and all for the -300ER or the Freighter. The 777-300ER was followed by the 777-200LR, the longest range commercial jet in production, and the 777F (freighter). While the -200LR and F (based on the -200LR) use the shorter -200 fuselage, they share the same wing, engines, landing gear, etc. with the -300ER. The reason it has done so well is most airlines don't want, i.e., they don't need, large planes like the 747 and 380. The reason over 1,500 Boeing 747s have been sold over the years is it was, until the mid/late 90s the only plane of "size" that had the range for flights like LAX or SFO to Tokyo or Hong Kong. In the mid/late 90s the Boeing 777 and Airbus 340 became available and the airlines could finally buy planes to fit their business model. The biggest competitor to Boeing's new 747-8I is their own 777-300ER. The 747-400 can carry, in the standard 3 class configuration, 416 passengers, but most airlines outfitted it for less than 400 seats. The 747-8I can carry 467. As I said, most airlines don't need that kind of capacity, so they buy the 777-300ER. It can carry 365 passengers or less or more, depending how each airline wants to outfit it. It weighs 100,000 to 200,000 pounds less than the 747 depending on what series you want to compare it to, so it saves fuel. It has two engines instead of 4, so it saves fuel, and it can carry over a 1,000 cubic feet more cargo and the money is in cargo, not passengers. Doesn't take an army of accountants to figure out which to buy. However, again, that depends on the airlines and the routes they fly.

Are you kidding? If not, no. The Boeing 787 is an entirely new aircraft designed to replace planes the size of the Boeing 767 and Airbus 330. Because of the 3 year delay in the 787, sales of the 330 have been very brisk. http://www.newairplane.com/787/ Flight testing of the 787 was finally complete just this last Saturday and first production plane should be delivered to ANA in September. The a380 was the Airbus answer to the Boeing 747, but it hasn't sold well and production is still slow. The airplane that most airlines are using to replace their older 747s is the Boeing 777-300ER. Over 500 have been sold since it first went into service in 2004.

Boeing 787 Testing has officially been completed. "Boeing 787 Dreamliner finishes certification testing. When a Boeing flight test team boarded the 9th 787 Dreamliner last Saturday, they knew they were likely making history. If everything went according to planned, they would complete the last tests required to certify the all-new airplane..." The rest of the story and a video at this link: http://www.boeing.com/Features/2011/08/bca_certification_finish_08_16_11.html

Flight testing concluded on Saturday, 13 August 2011. The paper work will be submitted to the FAA Monday morning.

The original delivery date, and that is what is mentioned in the article, was May 2008, so by the time it is delivered to ANA in September, next month, it will be 3 years and 4 months late. With over 4,700 flight hours under its belt you would think they would know by now if it meets spec or not. They are claiming it will. BTW, first flight was in December 2009.

Only about a week or so to go, if that long, and the flight testing for the 787 will be finished. The flight testing for the new 747-8 concluded a week ago. At the current rate they have been flying the 787 test fleet, it could be completed by the end of this coming week. Then they file the paper work with the FAA and wait for their approval.

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Why? The rules were violated about 100 post ago and no one seemed to care.

Checked into the Lord Nelson one afternoon and checked out the first thing the next morning. The place is a pit.

Have you seen the financing deal Airbus gave AA? No bank in their right mind would make that deal. Airbus better hope to whatever God they pray to that AA, which is still bleeding money, doesn't file bankruptcy. Boeing has been working a plan to re-engine the 737, among other improvements. The big problem is ground clearance for any engine with a bigger fan than the current power plant. Looks like the nose gear will have to be extended at least 8 inches. While they are at it the might was well use the newer, lighter weight aluminum alloys that Alcoa has recently introduced. Boeing's biggest problem is their senior management. The company has been on a downward spiral since the McDonnell/Douglas "merger" and every time you think things might be better, they ultimately get worst. As I've said before, Boeing needs to flush the executive suite and try and bring back all the older Boeing trained managers they can find to run the company and train a new corps of leaders (who have ENGINEERING backgrounds). What I don't understand, and I've never heard an explanation, is WHY in today's computerized world, does it take so long to build an airplane? You would think they could do a nose gear extension and get it out the door and in the hands of the airlines in months, not years. The original Boeing 747 was done with paper, pencils and slide rules, and it rolled out in something like 18 months and flew in less than a year later.

The thread fuck came with post #49 when grayray44 skipped 23 posts and responded to Jacko's post #25, which had already been answered in post #26. Every post from #49 on has been out of order.

This entry is out of order which makes the 5 that follow it invalid. See the bottom of page one and the top of page two.... We can either back up and correct or close this thread and start anew?

The order was split between the two as American Airlines said no one manufacturer could give them the number aircraft they need when they need them. http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2011/07/the_next-generation_and_beyond.html

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