AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 17136 times:
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N14AZ From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 2055 posts, RR: 26 Reply 9, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 16974 times:
Hmm, a lot of missunderstandings here, right?
Aeroplanefreak is right - after dreamliners one and the ANA 787 it's definitly a new kid on the block. Just compare the picture given in the link above with the pictures of dreamliner one:
AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 10, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 16957 times:
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2075 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 16856 times:
Maybe ZA005 with GEnx engines - hence a different livery?
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Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6497 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 16770 times:
Quoting CHRISBA777ER (Reply 11): LOL so i was the one who noted the subtle changes in the 787 livery but then mistook the 767 for a 772LRF lol
Well I hard time to see if this is a 767-200 or 767-300 because the aircraft looked so short in comparison with the 787 and 77W in the background......
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Oly720man From United Kingdom, joined exactly 8 years ago today! , 6081 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 16642 times:
Looks like it's N787FT. View from the other side here.
Frigatebird From Netherlands, joined Jun 2008, 1032 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 16284 times:
Quoting Brendows (Reply 15): Quoting WestWing (Reply 13):
Maybe ZA005 with GEnx engines - hence a different livery?
I believe you're right, ZA005 went into the paint hangar on the 9th of July.
And the same day ZA006 went to Building 40-24 on the 767 line, according to Flightblogger. ZA004 is still at the FAL, along with ZA100 and soon to be joined there by ZA101.
Just not sure where ZA003 went, perhaps to the 767 line as well?
All these moves make me slightly optimistic that the fix to the wings may not be that drastic a design change and consequently a delay as predicted by some. We may still see a number of 787's in the air somewhere in Q4. Hopefully Boeing will announce some trustworthy news soon.
PlunaCRJ From Uruguay, joined Nov 2007, 546 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (2 years 10 months 5 days ago) and read 15898 times:
What a a terrible looking livery. I for another airline's color to show up, a la ANA. I understand they wanted to paint it in a "Boeing livery", but why not in the "famous-ultra publicized" Dreamliner livery 787 1 wears?
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757GB From Uruguay, joined Feb 2009, 531 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (2 years 10 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 15173 times:
It looks like a "for now" livery to go through the tests. If the prototypes get sold as VIP aircraft for example they will obviously be repainted. Same if some airline decides to go for them. Originally I liked Flightblogger's idea of using retro liveries for the test fleet, however that would probably be pretty expensive. And "low key" seems best at this point, at least until fixes are in place and the program leaves the troubles behind.
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WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2075 posts, RR: 8 Reply 22, posted (2 years 10 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 14765 times:
If you look at the FAA database for N-number registrations, there is a serial number field.
Here is the mapping of serial numbers to registrations.
40690 is N787BA
40691 is N787EX
40692 is N787BX
40693 is N7874
40694 is N787FT
40695 is N787ZA
Ergo, one could deduce that this aircraft ( N787FT ) is ZA005 and that ZA006 will be N787ZA.
Jon had already disclosed the registrations for ZA003 and ZA004 in his July 3rd blog entry.
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Simpilot459 From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 131 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (2 years 10 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 14475 times:
I have to agree, with all the set backs, a change in looks might be in order, like what airlines sometimes do.
I can't see the the entire plane from the pictures, but it looks like it might be a variation of the Dreamlifter livery.
MEA-707 From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4001 posts, RR: 48 Reply 24, posted (2 years 10 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 13899 times:
Quoting WestWing (Reply 22): Ergo, one could deduce that this aircraft ( N787FT ) is ZA005 and that ZA006 will be N787ZA.
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Interesting... earlier cns 34488 and 34489 (ANA), 34636 and 34638 (NW) 35507 and 35508 (RAM) were quoted.
Also the after l/n 6, l/n 7 would be the first ANA production machine, JA801A (34490). Is that one now ZA100? Will it get a new c/n too? Will they skip 7 to 99?
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25 Stitch: Boeing has re-sequenced all the production bird assignments, starting with ZA100. So ZA007-ZA099 will not be used.
26 LHRSpotter: I think he meant the one in the middle with 787 on the tail.
27 Brendows: I believe it's still on one of the slant positions on the 747 FAL.
28 Dragon6172: I can not help but chuckle at this. The OP asks about a 787, posts a picture link that clearly has a plane with the vertical tail emblazoned with "78
29 MCIGuy: IMO, there's no such thing as 'trustworthy news" from Boeing anymore. I don't believe a word they say.
30 Nycbjr: Jon has some better pics.. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fl...nveiled-za005-leaves-the-pain.html euro white Boeing style
31 Zhutton: Ooooh, that looks sexy, and that's a very smart & simple livery, miles better that the blue dreamliner one, ans is it me or is the APU exhaust cone v
32 MCIGuy: So why the new look? Is it: 1: Trying to signify a "rebirth" of the program. 2: The first jet with GE engines. 3: Going to eventually carry a customer
33 Tdscanuck: I wouldn't go so far as terrible...just kind of boring. Probably not good protocol to slap a customer's livery on a plane they won't be receiving. I
34 SurfandSnow: What ever happened to those proposed Horizon Air flights out of Paine Field?? I'm assuming they met as much support as Southwest's proposal to leave S
35 Tdscanuck: Not happening anytime soon...the neighbors got restless. Not quite that bad, and not barred by government fiat as the SWA deal now is, but definitely
36 Rsg85: This was a reply in regards to post number 2, the 787 tail stood out like dogs balls.
37 Starglider: Or perhaps, looking at the registration N787FT and the color of the vertical stabilizer, Flying Tigers are back in business Starglider
38 Zhutton: Or N787FT could be.. N- USA 787- A/C FT- Flight Test Zakk
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