Boeing Dreamliner hauls ass very fast

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Cali

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I mainly fly around the west coast, highest I've seen winds so far was around 157 knots (180mph) at altitude.
 
msethhunter

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The Dreamliner is very fast without the help of the Jetstream. They typically cruise at Mach .86, while the rest of us are in the .78-.80 range. When they fly that....slow, it actually costs them fuel. I was talking with a buddy who is a first officer on one, and the technology involved in creating that thing is pretty mind bending.
 
mrzuzzo

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I recently went to the Boeing factory in Washington and did the tour. Watched the Dreamliners being built. The use of materials in this plane compared to others is pretty fascinating.
 
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motomania2007

TC/MSF/CMSP/ Instructor
The dreamliner looks like it is going to be a heck of an airliner. Looking forward to when I get a chance to fly on one.


budman said:
Pretty cool.

Reminded me of this.


youtu.be/8AyHH9G9et0
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That video reminds me of one of my favorite USAF stories:

I was a Comm/Nav systems maintenance crewman on a KC10 and was deployed to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.

On our way back to March AFB in southern California, we were to meet up with an SR71 over Arkansas for refueling the SR.

We were sitting on the hammerhead ready to launch in Barksdale, waiting for the SR to launch from Beale AFB, north of Sacramento.

I was monitoring the radios and heard the SR receive clearance to launch from Beale quickly followed by confirmation they were climbing to cruising altitude and then a radio check on the HF radio to our KC10.

Then we launched.

It took us only a short time to get to the rendezvous "track" over Arkansas.

The SR was already there, orbiting in the refueling track, waiting for us.

The SR was damned fast!
 
Killroy1999

Killroy1999

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The Dreamliner is very nice. I fly on them regularly.

I hear that the Airbus 350 is a very comfy ride - much better than the Deamliner.

Airbus 380 RIP
 
Killroy1999

Killroy1999

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Blankpage said:
Did they fix the battery explosion issue?
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I don't thing there was any explosions, but battery fires grounded the whole fleet (very rare occurrence) sometime before 2014 when they fixed the problem. Yet, if you read Wiki page, battery failure are "non-reportable".
 
Blankpage

Blankpage

alien
Killroy1999 said:
I don't thing there was any explosions, but battery fires grounded the whole fleet (very rare occurrence) sometime before 2014 when they fixed the problem. Yet, if you read Wiki page, battery failure are "non-reportable".
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Great if they solved the issue but I'd be just as concerned about travellers not obeying the lithium battery travel regulations or even being aware that regulations exist because of the risk those batteries have on flying.

Just a matter of time before a lithium battery in checked baggage causes a fire in a cargo hole creating an emergency.
 
dravnx

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motomania2007 said:
The dreamliner looks like it is going to be a heck of an airliner. Looking forward to when I get a chance to fly on one.





That video reminds me of one of my favorite USAF stories:

I was a Comm/Nav systems maintenance crewman on a KC10 and was deployed to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.

On our way back to March AFB in southern California, we were to meet up with an SR71 over Arkansas for refueling the SR.

We were sitting on the hammerhead ready to launch in Barksdale, waiting for the SR to launch from Beale AFB, north of Sacramento.

I was monitoring the radios and heard the SR receive clearance to launch from Beale quickly followed by confirmation they were climbing to cruising altitude and then a radio check on the HF radio to our KC10.

Then we launched.

It took us only a short time to get to the rendezvous "track" over Arkansas.

The SR was already there, orbiting in the refueling track, waiting for us.

The SR was damned fast!
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How did you hear the take off clearance from Beale when you were in Barksdale? Wouldn't that have been over UHF?
 
Killroy1999

Killroy1999

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Blankpage said:
Great if they solved the issue but I'd be just as concerned about travellers not obeying the lithium battery travel regulations or even being aware that regulations exist because of the risk those batteries have on flying.

Just a matter of time before a lithium battery in checked baggage causes a fire in a cargo hole creating an emergency.
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Same with other banned flammables.
 
bruceflinch

bruceflinch

I love Da Whores
I just like the takeoffs...
can’t tell the difference between 550 & 800 mph, when you are just flying straight & level.
 
littlebeast

littlebeast

get it while it's easy
personally, although i do it ridiculously frequently, am terrified of flying, always have been. and therefore, love the big aircraft. there is almost no sensation of being in the air on them. whatever natural phenomenon kicks them in the ass and makes them scoot, if i am on board, as long as i am blissfully unaware, i’m good with it.
 
msethhunter

msethhunter

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littlebeast said:
personally, although i do it ridiculously frequently, am terrified of flying, always have been. and therefore, love the big aircraft. there is almost no sensation of being in the air on them. whatever natural phenomenon kicks them in the ass and makes them scoot, if i am on board, as long as i am blissfully unaware, i’m good with it.
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That's usually not because the airplane is small. It's usually because the crew up front isn't very smooth. They tend to be much younger, and jerk the thing all over the sky.
 
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Cali

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msethhunter said:
That's usually not because the airplane is small. It's usually because the crew up front isn't very smooth. They tend to be much younger, and jerk the thing all over the sky.
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Yeah, cause everyone hand flies the entire route :rolleyes
 
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