Posts Tagged ‘Boeing’
Boeing 737 Splits in Two at Landing [Happy Ending]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 23rd, 2009
Details are unclear at this time, but an American Airlines' Boeing 737-800 plane split in two, overrunning the runway at Jamaica's Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston. One of the passengers' description is frightening.
The passenger declared that the landing seemed all normal. Everyone applauded when the Boeing touched down, after a very rough flight under heavy rain. Then they noticed the plane wasn't stopping. A big noise was heard, and the whole structure started to break down as the oxygen masks dropped and all alarms went off. Another passenger declared that the plane starting to break right in front of her. Indeed, the plane split in two when it slid during the braking phase of the landing, ending a just few meters from the sea.
Seems to me that the ABS in the landing gear may have failed. Miraculously, none of the 148 passengers and six crew on board has died. Only 40 have been reported injured. [VOA]
Boeing Dreamliner First Flight Video: IT FLIES! [Airplanes]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 15th, 2009
They made it! It flies! IT FLIES! After countless tests, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally flying. As in, taking off, going around a few times, and then landing without any problem. Here's the first video. And another one here:
It has been long way since we saw it complete for the first time but, after all the delays, the first commercial airliner fully made of composite materials is now a reality. [Gizmodo Dreamliner Coverage]
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner takes flight for the first time
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 15th, 2009
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Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 15th, 2009
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Permalink |787 First Flight | Email this | Comments The Webcast of the Boeing Dreamliner’s First Flight Starts Now [Airplanes]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 15th, 2009
It's 9:40 a.m. PST/12:40 a.m. EST and the webcast of the Boeing Dreamliner's first flight should be starting right now. Here's hoping that this is the last time I use this particular image and that the 787's daydreams become reality.
Weather, luck, and wishes permitting, the plane should be taking taking to the skies around 10:00 a.m. PST/ 1:00 p.m. EST, so we've got another 20 or so minutes to head over to the webcast site, prepare to either cheer at a success or sigh at another letdown, and wish good luck to my second favorite daydreamer. I've got faith in this one, how 'bout you? [New Airplane]
Boeing Dreamliner’s First Flight Being Webcast Tomorrow at 10 A.M. [Airplanes]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 14th, 2009
The Boeing 787. The Dreamliner. The plane that keeps letting my hopes down is supposedly finally taking to the skies during a live webcast tomorrow morning, sometime after 10 a.m. PST. Let's just hope this isn't another letdown.
You can find updates on the flight status, and the actual webcast right here and you can place your friendly wagers on whether this'll be a success or not in the comments. [New Airplane —Thanks, Dustin!]
Southwest builds first ‘green plane,’ Ma Earth shows her gratitude
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 25th, 2009
[Via DailyFinance]
Read - Southwest press release
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Southwest builds first 'green plane,' Ma Earth shows her gratitude originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsObviously, a Bar Made of a Boeing 747 Engine Attracts Girls In the Skimpiest Dresses [Furniture]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 15th, 2009
Say whatever you want. It may be naff. It may be tacky. It may not attract buxom women in tiny black dresses. It will make me look like that guy. What. Evah. The Motoart PW-747 Cowling Bar rocks my world:
A world with ejection seat chairs, airplane piston engine tables, and a mirror bed made of wings, with a big-boobed blonde always by the side, preferably in a stewardess costume and semitransparent yellow lace lingerie. [Motoart via BornRich]
Boeing Swears Dreamliner Will Fly This Year, Really [Airplanes]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on August 27th, 2009
Do you know that sinking feeling when people tell you they are going to do something again and again and again—and then once more—but they never, ever do it? That's what I'm feeling right now with the Dreamliner:
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today announced that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner is expected by the end of 2009 and first delivery is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010.
The new schedule reflects the previously announced need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft, along with the addition of several weeks of schedule margin to reduce flight test and certification risk. The company projects achieving a production rate of 10 airplanes per month in late 2013.
There you have it. According to their press release, the fabled Boeing 787 Dreamliner will finally take off by year's end. With their credibility completely gone, I don't know if I should laugh or cry. I think I will do both. [Boeing]
The Boeing Dreamliner 787 Could Be the Next Spruce Goose [Airplanes]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on August 17th, 2009
The headline takes certain exaggerated liberties, sure, I admit that, but nevertheless today marks the second time in two months that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been delayed due to structural failures during the testing process.
I'll let Boeing tell you about the latest snafu, with snarky blogger filter uncharacteristically removed:
"In two areas on the fuselage, the structure doesn't have the long-term strength that we want," said Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter.
What that means is wrinkles. Microscopic wrinkles. Dangerous, drop-out-of-the-frickin'-sky wrinkles in the fuselage that negatively affect the plane in ways I don't want to think about given I'm already antsy about air travel. Boeing has therefore ordered Italian supplier Alenia Aeronautica to halt production of these faulty fuselage sections immediately so that carbon fiber patches can be applied to make things right.
Carbon fiber patches or not, customers were expecting the first Boeing 787 orders to be filled by first quarter 2010. That's not going to happen. As we've detailed here in the past, the phrase "perpetual delay" has become synonymous with the 787 project, which has cost Boeing billions of dollars. Seventy-two planes have been canceled thus far (although, to be fair, 800 orders are still on the books). [Silicon Valley via Slashdot]
