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Boeing Says Development Of 787-8 On Track

NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5152 posts, RR: 49
Posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3942 times:

Out of Singapore:

The 787 is still ontrack for EIS in 2nd quarter 2008. Production to start in June 2006. 6 airplanes in the flight test program.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060221/kyodo/d8fth3eo2.html

Apparently the writer thinks the 787 is an update of the 747!!! God I wish these idiot writers would get their facts straight!!!

[Edited 2006-02-21 17:09:27]

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Cwapilot From United States of America, joined May 2000, 1166 posts, RR: 20
Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3928 times:

"which is a larger and more fuel- efficient version of Boeing's 20-year-old 747-400 jumbo"

?? What?

Edit: I wasn't the first to catch that.

[Edited 2006-02-21 17:10:22]

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NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5152 posts, RR: 49
Reply 2, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3912 times:

Quoting Cwapilot (Reply 1):
"which is a larger and more fuel- efficient version of Boeing's 20-year-old 747-400 jumbo"

I think the writer was probably a fifth grader writing for his school newspaper.

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Boeing Nut From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3862 times:

Gotta love the media. Yeah sure

OyKIE From Norway, joined Jan 2006, 2575 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3778 times:

Lets hope he got the quote right Smile

The 787 going into production in June already. I hope and expect to see allot of photographs from the development.

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NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5152 posts, RR: 49
Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3762 times:

Quoting OyKIE (Reply 4):
I hope and expect to see allot of photographs from the development.

The way Boeing has been touting the aircraft, I think they'll be releasing a lot of pics of 787 production of airplane 1.

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Gr8Circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2986 posts, RR: 4
Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3710 times:

Are the first set of test planes coming out in June 2006 or 2007?

OyKIE From Norway, joined Jan 2006, 2575 posts, RR: 4
Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3710 times:

Quoting NYC777 (Reply 5):

I agree.

Quoting Gr8Circle (Reply 6):
Are the first set of test planes coming out in June 2006 or 2007?

They start to build the plane in June 2006 and I expect the process to be a bit slower than when they open up the production line.

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NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5152 posts, RR: 49
Reply 8, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3674 times:

Roll out of the first one will be in 2007.

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Gr8Circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2986 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (7 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3609 times:

Quoting OyKIE (Reply 7):
They start to build the plane in June 2006 and I expect the process to be a bit slower than when they open up the production line.

Quoting NYC777 (Reply 8):
Roll out of the first one will be in 2007

Ohhh....I'm confused....can someone clarify....first test planes...first commercial production.... thanks..... smile

DfwRevolution From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 23 hours ago) and read 3249 times:

Quoting OyKIE (Reply 7):
They start to build the plane in June 2006 and I expect the process to be a bit slower than when they open up the production line.

Interestingly, Boeing will scaling up to production before certification is completed. The aircraft not used for testing will be stored awaiting certification and delivery. This is one of the strategies being used by Boeing to increase up-front production slots.

Dalecary From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (7 years 3 months 22 hours ago) and read 3138 times:

Interestingly, also, that Boeing yesterday claimed at Singapore Aerospace to now have more than 1,000 orders/options/proposals for the 787. Obviously, nowhere near all of these will turn into firm orders and the A350 will also be competing in a lot of these proposals, but the market for this segment is HUGE.

Lightsaber From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 10671 posts, RR: 100
Reply 12, posted (7 years 3 months 22 hours ago) and read 3128 times:

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Quoting DfwRevolution (Reply 10):
Interestingly, Boeing will scaling up to production before certification is completed. The aircraft not used for testing will be stored awaiting certification and delivery. This is one of the strategies being used by Boeing to increase up-front production slots.

Very interesting and with some risk (not extreme, but some risk).

If Boeing delivers on time... that opens up the door to quite a few more orders (assuming the 2nd production line is started). IIRC European and American airlines are expected to begin ordering in 2007/2008.

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