A Life Aloft
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787-9 first flight
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Cloud Surfer
All Roads lead to Trantor
I want one for Christmas 
typhoonpilot
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I'll be flying it by Christmas 
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
Is there a Yes! I missed?I'll be flying it by Christmas
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
SeanD
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I'll be flying it by Christmas
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
Nice! Congrats
Are you guys doing the training in-house or you headed to MIA?I'll be flying it by Christmas
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
Cloud Surfer
All Roads lead to Trantor
I'll be flying it by Christmas
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
Wow fantastic! What airline do you work for?
A Life Aloft
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She's a beautiful girl. You're a lucky man. What will your routes be?I'll be flying it by Christmas
Well, maybe early next year, still waiting on a course date. Said to be sometime in December.
Just got the manuals today.
TP
They are developing the 10 with a nautical range of 7k miles, carrying 300 to 330 pax. It's in the design phase currently, with projected dates of testing in 2017 and first deliveries in 2018.
Have fun!
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typhoonpilot
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Oops, let the cat out of the bag.
It is kind of exciting and something to look forward to.
It's a job change for better QOL and a number of other reasons. Even though I have a pretty good QOL here at EK this new job will be better ( or so I hope ). Will be dual qualified eventually for the B787 and B777.
TP
It is kind of exciting and something to look forward to.
It's a job change for better QOL and a number of other reasons. Even though I have a pretty good QOL here at EK this new job will be better ( or so I hope ). Will be dual qualified eventually for the B787 and B777.
TP
A Life Aloft
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Are you staying abroad and changing carriers? Congrats....wishing you the best.
typhoonpilot
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No they are not.
To be exact the 787-9 isn't going to be certified until towards the end of 2014 so I'll be starting on the -8, but will certainly fly the -9 early on.
The answer to that is sort of. The job is month on / month off. Assignments are pretty much all overseas. Thanks for the well wishes.
It's a risk to leave EK and the stability it provides, but this gig should be pretty sweet. Still seeing the world, but a lot more time off at home.
It's working as a contract aircraft instructor for the manufacturer. Generally do intro into service with customer airlines.
TP
A Life Aloft
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That is a great opportunity. Are you contracted out through CCL then?
typhoonpilot
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A Life Aloft
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You'll have a wonderful journey. It's a very good gig. You will make some excellent contacts. I still have many friends up in Everett (working and retired) and make the holy pilgrimage as I call it, every two years or so up there.
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Maximilian_Jenius
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Anyone know why the main gear doors were down at takeoff?
typhoonpilot
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Boeing coy on 'enhancement' to 787-9 gear door
Boeing is giving away little about a curious aspect of the new 787-9 observed as the aircraft departed on its maiden flight.
The aircraft’s main landing-gear doors opened as the aircraft rotated from runway 34L at Paine Field, and were clearly seen to be deployed as the aircraft climbed away.
This was despite the gear being left extended, as is normal for a first flight, following the take-off on 17 September.
Boeing says the landing-gear doors “functioned as designed”.
“That’s part of an enhancement we’ve made on the 787-9,” says the airframer, but adds that it is not discussing the reasoning behind the feature.
Boeing has secured orders for 388 of the -9 twinjets, the first of which is to be delivered to Air New Zealand in mid-2014.
I've read the doors open after weight off wheels to speed up gear retraction and help with second segment climb performance.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Involuntarily? Weird. I don't see how that's a benefit vs. simply selecting "gear up".
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
I'd guess that they keep them closed on the ground to prevent FOD, water and other nasty stuff (including stowaways from third world countries!) from getting inside.
In previous designs of aircraft with doors that closed with the gear down, the retraction process was something like
-move the handle up
-the gear doors open
-the gear retracts
-the doors close
That can take a while and if you can accomplish one of those steps BEFORE it is requested and still not negatively effect the operation, it would save a bunch of time in the process of cleaning up the airframe.
In previous designs of aircraft with doors that closed with the gear down, the retraction process was something like
-move the handle up
-the gear doors open
-the gear retracts
-the doors close
That can take a while and if you can accomplish one of those steps BEFORE it is requested and still not negatively effect the operation, it would save a bunch of time in the process of cleaning up the airframe.