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This is an air show demo of the capabilities of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. I assume this fuselage was never dumped in a river...

The initial take-off looks like what it feels like to take off from John Wayne/Orange County/Santa Ana Airport.

The author of the article linked below wrote:Update July 14, 8:43PM: Some are doubting that the video is real. It's very real. Here's new video from PlanesTV showing the exact same demonstration being performed at Farnborough earlier today.

Source article:
Watch Boeing's 787-9 Dreamliner Do Things That Would Make You Throw Up

Why did he have his landing gear out?

Bob Juch wrote:Why did he have his landing gear out?

Pretty sure that Boeing requires the landing gear be out for all take-offs and highly recommends that the gear also be out for landings.

BackInTex wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Why did he have his landing gear out?

Pretty sure that Boeing requires the landing gear be out for all take-offs and highly recommends that the gear also be out for landings.

Ha, ha. I meant in-between the two.

Bob Juch wrote:

BackInTex wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Why did he have his landing gear out?

Pretty sure that Boeing requires the landing gear be out for all take-offs and highly recommends that the gear also be out for landings.

Ha, ha. I meant in-between the two.

I didn't see where the gear was ever out that was not part of an 'approach' to land. Where in the video did you see it? There was one part where the pilot shot a landing then circled tightly around for a final landing and he never retracted the gear. I consider the re-takeoff and circling as a continuous approach.

BackInTex wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

BackInTex wrote:

Pretty sure that Boeing requires the landing gear be out for all take-offs and highly recommends that the gear also be out for landings.

Ha, ha. I meant in-between the two.

I didn't see where the gear was ever out that was not part of an 'approach' to land. Where in the video did you see it? There was one part where the pilot shot a landing then circled tightly around for a final landing and he never retracted the gear. I consider the re-takeoff and circling as a continuous approach.

He did an intentional "touch and go" (with the grace of a ballerina) to show off the handling of the aircraft and an immediate hard turn to starboard before coming in for his landing. Kinda need the landing gear for that. Scratches the lovely Boeing livery on the bottom of the fuselage otherwise...

Landing gear went up halfway through the near vertical ascent at takeoff and did not come out until he was preparing for the touch and go and landing (about 1:20 in the short version or 3:30 in the full length video).

The raked wingtips and slightly upswept wing design is quite attractive!

I am thinking the pilot had fun doing this demo.

christie1111 wrote:I am thinking the pilot had fun doing this demo.

I am thinking there is very little doubt about that!

There is a new video making the rounds. This pilot was practicing for the 2015 Paris Air Show.


YouTube page (if you want to view in full-screen mode):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbM-3E11Qo

Article that was linked to from Yahoo! News:
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Does A Near-Vertical Takeoff

The article mentions that there is a little camera trickery involved to make the takeoff appear to be more vertical than it actually is.

You can get full-screen mode directly from the embed. Just click on the little square in the lower right corner of the video window. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:You can get full-screen mode directly from the embed. Just click on the little square in the lower right corner of the video window.

Yeah, thanks. I brain-farted. I usually preview any post where I'm quoting, linking or embedding something. This time, I didn't. I should've.

This would be a good addition to the safety video as why you should fasten your seat belts.