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.
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.
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War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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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.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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!
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christie1111 wrote:I am thinking the pilot had fun doing this demo.
I am thinking there is very little doubt about that!
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
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
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson
This would be a good addition to the safety video as why you should fasten your seat belts.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
