7/8/7 Premiere
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caliginousface
Frank N. Beans
But at least Boeing can say that set it up for passenger comfort, but the airline chose to mix it up.
Thanks man. I was foolishly trying to paste the link aloft provided into the "open url" thing without even noticing that it was abbreviated. Windows media was open and when I clicked the link it opened it right up.
Cessnaflyer
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
What was up with the upside down green picture.
MikeBurbank
New Member
that kinda sucked - I was expecting more.
H46Bubba
Well-Known Member
Yeah they were skimping on the cattle car seats in the videos of the mock up. They had a bunch of the recliner seats instead.
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Runway_Sweeper
Well-Known Member
It's a beautiful machine but it will be interesting to see what the airlines actually do with it. I can envision walking down the jetway admiring the sleek exterior only to enter the aircraft and find that it's been configured like a 25 yr old L1011. Also, a swank new aircraft will not make up for poor customer service.
caliginousface
Frank N. Beans
I was disappointed, I thought they'd go inside and show it all dressed up purrty and all. What a weewee tease.
Cessnaflyer
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
The only thing they have in there is wiring and fishtanks.
TrinidadGT20
Vice President of Awesome
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1233546/L/
Sorry to plug that "other" website, but here's a pic of the 787
Sorry to plug that "other" website, but here's a pic of the 787
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Those, and the "turbulence sensors". Anyone care to explain how THOSE work?
No doubt. Sadly, the 'really cool stuff' probably won't show up on a jet that most cost/dispatch conscious airlines.
Minuteman
Shipoaster
For the airplane to be affected by turbulence, there first has to be an abrupt pressure differential. I'd guess there are either a bunch of static ports (or those crazy new surface-mount pressure sensors) or accelerometers that add commands to the flight control surfaces, which would act similarly to noise-cancelling headphones.
That's akin to windshear detection, except in other axes. If my memory hasn't totally faded, I think EGPWS boxes (one of Boeing's sources of W/S alerts) looks at airspeed trends, while Airbii ignore the EGPWS and do everything based off the accelerometers that're inherent to their flight control computers. :crazy:
That unveiling was kind of lame. They needed more airplanes, and the flight attendants, and they could have been playing some Kenny Loggins, and Tom Brokaw could have been all "wedele-wedele-wedele-waaaaaaaaaah".
That's history folks.
tonyw
Well-Known Member
Why the hell am I getting some Italian chick speaking over a MAWG speaking English?
And why the hell do I have to sit through 13 minutes of crap in order to get to the main event?
It's like a fracking movie with all the promos and that's why I don't see movies in the theater anymore.
Okay, I just sat through the entire thing and I want that 30 minutes or so of my life back. Maybe it's because I used to be in media and know all about the tricks they used to try to get people all excited. Maybe it's because I've been at a whole bunch of these industry events and the only thing I thought they were good for was closing deals and increasing my commission checks.
But I was just not impressed.
It's a damn good thing Boeing is better at making aircraft than they are at introducing them, because if they weren't, we'd have one aircraft manufacturer in the world and it'd be headquartered in Toulouse.
And why the hell do I have to sit through 13 minutes of crap in order to get to the main event?
It's like a fracking movie with all the promos and that's why I don't see movies in the theater anymore.
Okay, I just sat through the entire thing and I want that 30 minutes or so of my life back. Maybe it's because I used to be in media and know all about the tricks they used to try to get people all excited. Maybe it's because I've been at a whole bunch of these industry events and the only thing I thought they were good for was closing deals and increasing my commission checks.
But I was just not impressed.
It's a damn good thing Boeing is better at making aircraft than they are at introducing them, because if they weren't, we'd have one aircraft manufacturer in the world and it'd be headquartered in Toulouse.
Bumblebee
Commodore
After a full day of looking at displays of historic aircraft including the Concorde and the first Air Force One, we watched the unveiling at the Museum of flight at Boeing Field in the William M. Allen Theater. We had many of the same audio issues that were described above. Fortunately, the audio worked for most of the program. We thought it was cool to be watching it from Boeing Field.