Bhill From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 843 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 4 months 20 hours ago) and read 21258 times:
Hi All, I tried to post these in the photography section, but the resolution was too high. Here are some pictures of ZA002 in flight as seen from one of the chase planes:
N14AZ From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 2313 posts, RR: 25 Reply 4, posted (3 years 4 months 19 hours ago) and read 20787 times:
Yes, thanks for sharing. I didn't see any date - maybe I didn't look carefully. Are these pictures taken during FF of ZA 002?
If yes, my next question would be if picture no. 3 is showing a manouveur in connection with the landing gear issue, which occured during FF?
Laddie From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 484 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (3 years 4 months 19 hours ago) and read 20512 times:
Quoting N14AZ (Reply 4): If yes, my next question would be if picture no. 3 is showing a manouveur in connection with the landing gear issue, which occured during FF?
Most of the flight was done gear down. The problem with the nose gear drag brace was noticed right after takeoff (according to the Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...e/2010568452_secondflight23.html). I doubt this photo had anything to do with the issue because you can't see the gear!
The odd angle of this photo makes it look like the airplane is diving into mountains. Trust me, it's just the long telephoto lens and weird angle. The Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) was not tested during ZA002's first flight!
N14AZ From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 2313 posts, RR: 25 Reply 14, posted (3 years 4 months 18 hours ago) and read 19887 times:
Quoting Laddie (Reply 10): I doubt this photo had anything to do with the issue because you can't see the gear!
Thanks for your explanations. Well, I can see the nose gear in pic no. 3. I remember reading somewhere (I thought it was on Flightblogger's webpage but now I didn't find it there) that they made some special maneuvers to make sure it's fully deployed.
Anyhow, great pictures - the ANA colours fit perfectly into the landscape with white snow and blue sky
N14AZ From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 2313 posts, RR: 25 Reply 18, posted (3 years 4 months 16 hours ago) and read 18694 times:
Quoting Res6cue114 (Reply 16): Why are the gear doors still open? They look like they should close again once the gear has extended. Perhaps another precautionary measure?
Voar From Canada, joined Jul 2008, 95 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (3 years 4 months 16 hours ago) and read 18012 times:
On the video in the Flightglobal link, notice the movement of the open gear doors on landing! Pretty impressive... they are rattling about like crazy.. looks like the reversers were throwing some air on them.
Bhill From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 843 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (3 years 4 months 14 hours ago) and read 15539 times:
My co-worker's spouse works for one of the avionics coporations that has gear aboard her, I asked specifically if they were ok for public consumption and was told the affirmative...also that these and future shots will be used for marketing purposes...as for the landing gear, it was down on this flight for well.....first flight protocols, this was NOT the flight that issues occured with the landing gear infrastructure(s)
And yep, this was the shortened flight over the western side of Washington. The weather was so questionable the full planned flight plan was not executed. The mountains in the pictures are actually the Cascades, looking west. You can see Puget sound in the distance and the Olympic mountain range farther off.
Gunsontheroof From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3462 posts, RR: 11 Reply 24, posted (3 years 4 months 13 hours ago) and read 14793 times:
Quoting Bhill (Reply 23): The mountains in the pictures are actually the Cascades, looking west. You can see Puget sound in the distance and the Olympic mountain range farther off.
Not to nitpick, but I don't think so. For one thing, the mountains in the distance cover far too much of the horizon for them to be the Olympics as viewed from the Cascades. Secondly, the water you can see in the one shot (either Puget Sound or the Strait of Juan de Fuca) is much too close for the shot to have been taken anywhere over the Cascades. Lastly, the flight path:
Of course, I'm making these observations based on the assumption that these photos were taken during the maiden flight (as photo "787-2" says they were). Fantastic photos, thanks for sharing!
Next Flight: TBA!
25 Laxboeingman: Thank you, those pictures are fantastic. The gears being down add a nice effect. Also it is nice because of a beautiful plane with a beautiful back dr
26 Tdscanuck: ZA002 has only done two flights; the first flight (where the gear issue occured) and a ferry flight direct from KBFI to KPAE. How could this not be t
27 Hamster: Why is it painted in ANA colors? Is this a test plane or is it going to be delivered to ANA?
28 Sejowa: Great photography! Thank you for sharing! It must be especially gratifying for all involved in the program to see her up in the air after so many tria
29 Flybyguy: None of the first flight test airplanes are being delivered to customers... according to Flightblogger they're way too heavy.
30 Jet-lagged: Beautiful shots. Thanks for sharing.
31 Dynamicsguy: Interesting... We got to watch some chase plane video from this flight. We were told explicitly that it was not for public consumption. It's a shame
32 Hamster: So why doesn't it have Boeing colors? Why is it painted in ANA colors?
33 Baroque: Yes, but an addition to an acting adage occurs, never compete with children, animals or high snow covered mountains. Nice mountains too!
35 B738FlyUIA: Awesome pictures of ZA002 and my favorite from those is this: Awesome Plane in a awesome szenery
36 Laddie: ANA is the customer for the first delivered 787-8 (number 7 in production). This one was painted in ANA colors so they could use photos and videos of
37 Stitch: ANA was to take delivery of the first and second 787s (ZA001 and ZA002), so ZA002 was painted in their colors. They have subsequently decided to not
38 MadameConcorde: Thank you for posting these really nice pictures. Co-incidentally your pictures have a paragon with the recent pictures of the A380 flying over the Sw
39 Tdscanuck: As several others posted (correctly), when ZA002 was painted it was still expected to go to ANA. They didn't write-down the first three airplanes unt
40 Jambrain: Am I the only one who finds the scale on the 788 deceptive, to me (I get to see a lot of jets in flight living on a flight path) it looks 737 sized n
41 Tdscanuck: You're not the only one. Without a reference point, it looks tiny because of the fat fuselage, big engines, and large windows; proportionally, it loo
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