Dreamliner looks worthy of the name

Congratulations to the Wichita area workers who had a hand in Sunday’s exciting rollout of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner in Everett, Wash. The moment was all the sweeter because of the 787’s enthusiastic reception by the marketplace, with 677 orders so far. “Being a part of that team is an important thing for us,” said Jeff Turner, chief executive and president of Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita company building the 787’s forward fuselage and pylons. It’s also crucial for Wichita, reaffirming that its Air Capital status is living as well as historical.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

11 Comments

  1. Kev
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 5:51 am | Permalink

    I think we can now say “stick it” to Airbus. They are toast and Boeing is back!

  2. fleettwood
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 9:18 am | Permalink

    Not that it matters much, but I heard that there was nothing in the inside of the plane. They wanted to get this thing rolled out on 7/8/7.

  3. littlejohn
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 9:20 am | Permalink

    Not that it matters much, but I heard that there was nothing in the inside of the plane. They wanted to get this thing rolled out on 7/8/7.

    Posted by: fleettwood | July 10, 2007 at 09:18 AM

    Typical procedure for new plane rollout. Nothing new there.

  4. fleettwood
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    “Typical procedure for new plane rollout. Nothing new there.”

    A friend of mine at Beech said the same thing.

  5. Republican
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 1:42 pm | Permalink

    Dreamliner looks spiff. Free test ride please! :D

  6. MLH
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 6:49 pm | Permalink

    This new jetliner is an engineering masterpiece. Too bad the airlines will get ahold of it and fill it with 17 inches wide seats 31 inches apart. Then the airlines will operate it with 4 hour ground holds. Once in the air, the airlines will sell $5 Lunchable knock-offs just hours before their expiration dates. Then on the ground, luggage will be diverted to where-ever. Too bad all the expertise at Boeing can’t be unleashed to fixed the rest of the system.

  7. Gus
    Posted July 10, 2007 at 10:36 pm | Permalink

    That Engineering masterpiece is using technology that Airbus already has on the A380. The Dreamliner is 4 months behind schedule and 20% over weight. The engines are underpowered and the plane won’t meet projected targets but you won’t hear that from Boeing.

  8. ProudMan
    Posted July 11, 2007 at 12:02 pm | Permalink

    Re-affirmed the Air Capitol status? Is that why the plane rolled out in Washington?

    Hint for newspaper editors: Wichita is not in Washington.

  9. littlejohn
    Posted July 11, 2007 at 12:09 pm | Permalink

    T”hat Engineering masterpiece is using technology that Airbus already has on the A380.”

    The A380 is all composite? or even a composite fuselage?

  10. Todd
    Posted July 11, 2007 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

    Gus, everything you said about the dreamliner is a lie. Secondly, the 380 is a disaster waiting to happen. It will only take one of them going down to make the worst air catastrophe in aviation history.

  11. cosmos
    Posted July 12, 2007 at 1:00 pm | Permalink

    The 787 has a 20% reduction in fuel consumption. Some of the technology used is described here,

    http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/07/boeing-rolls-ou.html